16 Out of his fullness we have
all received grace in place of grace already given.
Not exact matches
Putting into question its involvement
in the new deal, the IMF suggested that Athens should
receive a 30 - year
grace period before it has to start paying off its debts.
Cajetan had challenged Luther's insistence that those who come to the sacrament of penance are to believe confidently that they
receive God's
grace and forgiveness thereby; Luther's main defense appeals to Christ's words
in Matthew 16:19:
I would never admit that anyone can
receive Communion if the person is not
in a state of sanctifying
grace.
Having
received grace from God, through Jesus, we ought to be the first to give it to the world
in a thousand small ways every day.
These verses, though quite popular as texts about how to
receive eternal life by
grace alone through faith alone, are actually about what God has done to rescue us from the condition described
in Ephesians 2:1 - 3, so that we can become what is described
in Ephesians 2:11 - 22.
When people hear the Word of God and heed what they hear they will
receive the
grace needed to persevere
in it... it could compel them to read the Bible!
I want to testify to the exact type of situation... I had a2 demonic revelations... and
in them I
received a supernatural premonition... and I have always thought it was God
in His
grace providing not only a miracle but also the recognition of demonic activity.
To
receive the free gift of eternal life by
grace alone through faith alone
in Christ alone.
And if we believe the promise, if we believe what God has said, if we believe
in Jesus for eternal life, then we have
received the free gift of
grace.
One that can not abandon a sinful lifestyle or one that wants to justify a sinful lifesyle, is incapable of
receiving the
Grace and Mercy found
in Christ.
«Each of you should use whatever gift he has
received to serve others, faithfully administering God's
grace in its various forms... Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get
in on it: if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help.»
Only one theological position has ever resulted
in the Romans 6:1 question, and it is the position which says that eternal life is by
grace alone through faith alone
in Christ alone, and that once a person has
received eternal life
in this way, it can never be lost.And when we realize the truth of this, it is incredibly liberating.
Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his
grace as a gift through the redemption which is
in Jesus Christ, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be
received by faith Martin Luther believed that the theology of this text was...
He modifies what he wrote
in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we
received by the
grace of God: He says this life is also (1) through faith, (2) is not of yourselves, (4) it is a gift of God, and (3) is not by works.
Leeana's new book, Begin Again: The Brave Practice of Releasing Hurt and
Receiving Rest, is the courageous call to open the window, even an inch, to let the breeze of
grace come
in.
But the more we learn of the beauty and love of our Lord Jesus, the more we see His perfect work on the cross, and the more we position ourselves to
receive a multiplication of God's
grace in our lives.
Whoever
received grace to repent his sins and to trust unreservedly
in God as seen
in Christ was saved.
Others have noticed this same thing, and we
receive daily e-mails and phone calls from people saying they are prayerfully supporting Bob Wilkin, myself, and the ministry of
Grace Evangelical Society as we continue to present the offer of eternal life to all who believe
in Jesus for it.
God says «boldly come to the throne of
grace to
receive help
in time of need.»
So how do we respond to the
grace we have
received in Christ?
The Sacrament of Penance is there for the forgiveness of sin, and is no mere ritual — it involves the penitent confessing specific sins with the intention of no longer continuing
in them,
receiving God's
grace for this commitment.
He said
in verse 7 that each one of us has
received a
grace gift from God.
17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who
receive God's abundant provision of
grace and of the gift of righteousness reign
in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
The
grace which we
received in the bishop's laying on of hands and the constant renewal of
grace in the sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession deify us: through that
grace we grow
in virtue, through that
grace we shine as «other Christs»
in this world and for all eternity.
«Let us then approach God's throne of
grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find
grace to help us
in our time of need,» says the writer of Hebrews.
Peter and Paul
in 2010, Pope Benedict stated that PopeJohn Paul represented the Church's missionary nature not only with his apostolic journeys, but also «with the insistence of his Magisterium on the urgent need for a «new evangelisation»: «new» not
in its content but
in its inner thrust, open to the
grace of the Holy Spirit which constitutes the force of the new law of the Gospel that always renews the Church; «new»
in ways that correspond with the power of the Holy Spirit and which are suited to the times and situations; «new» because of being necessary even
in countries that have already
received the proclamation of the Gospel.»
And at «Communion times,» when the parson is
in a tumultuous frame of mind while preparing «not only to
receive God, but to break and administer him,» Herbert advises that the parson «throw himself down at the throne of
grace,» saying,
The Beatitudes are about
receiving the
grace that
in our own poverty, brokenness, lack of power and ache for justice we can hear the amazing, exuberant, counterintuitive announcement that God is on our side.
And yet, even
in my flaws and secrets, my selective memory and story - telling, I still yearn to see God, to be truthful, to be fearless, to be vulnerable, to learn how to fling open the windows and the doors, and invite every one to the table to
receive the measure of
grace and goodness and salvation that I have
received.
Unable to live a lie any longer, and responding to the forgiveness and
grace that he has
received, Valjean demonstrates integrity
in the face of injustice.
Your final sentence -LSB-... eternal life is
received by
grace alone through faith alone
in Christ alone.]
Spirit - see Acts 1:8) We also do not believe that salvation comes from participation
in the sacraments, but that they are symbolic testimonies that we make to the fact that we have
received that
grace.
If you have
received this
grace through repentance of sin, you have an eternal faith relationship with The Lord Christ Jesus, He dwells
in you, you die to self, and it is Christ that lives
in you, therefore your works are of Christ, and this is an ongoing, daily process.
Unmerited
grace that we
receive and that we
in turn give to others, whether they agree with us or not, whether they are lovely or not.
Mercy to not
receive the punishment you deserve, and
grace to
receive all the spiritual blessing that are found only
in Jesus Christ.
When we step into the light with our sin, we choose to humble ourselves and
receive grace but, when we stay
in the dark, we set ourselves up for God to oppose us... or to humble us.
As John Paul II reminded Catholics
in his 1990 encyclical Redemptoris Missio, being a Catholic is not reason for proprietorial pride but for profound gratitude for a
grace received, all undeserved on our part.
It can leave many people thinking that they are going to heaven because they have «prayed a prayer» yet never understood that eternal life is
received by
grace alone through faith alone
in Christ alone.
Koffijah, thanks for making the point that
grace in Christianity isn't unconditional since there's a condition to
receive it (faith).
Faith does not originate
in the individual believer's own efforts, but is rather a gift of
grace to the believer, usually
received in baptism, as one means among many of participating
in God's own life.
Once we have
received God's
grace through faith
in Jesus, there is nothing we can do or say to separate ourselves from God's
grace.
Their experience of adoption has given the Robertses a special understanding or what it is like to
receive God's gift of
grace in Jesus Christ.
... Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of
grace, that we may
receive mercy and find
grace to help
in time of need» (Heb.
The absence of sanctifying
grace in the new - born child is an effect of the first sin, for Adam, having
received holiness and justice from God, lost it not only for himself but also for everybody else.
Significant numbers of people are able to
receive the
grace and challenge of the gospel only when they hear God addressed
in terms other than «Father» or even «Mother.»
In either case, the human is no longer an ecstatic subject who
receives the gift of being and the
grace that fructifies our nature, but is himself the primary source of transcendence.
(I don't think it was intentional and I yearn to give a measure of the
grace that I have found and
received in Church, but, I can't deny, for better or worse, the message was clear.)
I remembered Brennan Manning — the man who has translated the love of God
in a way that I could
receive it more than probably any other writer — was addicted to alcohol and I re-read up one of his last books before he died: «All is
Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir» where he vulnerably writes about what this battle has cost him, even as he experienced the unending and unconditional love of God
in the midst of it, how he experienced regret and pain and loss alongside of the love and tenderness of God
in this dependency.
But because of the cross, «God is reconciled thereby and
receives into
grace and forgiveness of sins all who believe
in this Son.»