Sentences with phrase «received grace upon grace»

In the first chapter John speaks about Jesus as the Word from whose fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

From his fullness [remember, the Word is of God and bears, not part of God, not just his breath, which conveys the spoken word, but all of God, all of his wholeness, his pleroma] we have all received grace upon grace..

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John 1:16,17 «16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

There is no chicken and egg question: Did they share everything because great grace was upon them» or did they receive great grace because «there was not a needy person among them»?

If Advent is allowed to work upon us, then we will be prepared to receive the graces of Christmas, and only then can we make an interior pilgrimage that truly prepares us to receive Christ, just as the Blessed Virgin Mary did.

Joh 1:16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

Any church I serve, fame I acquire, or recognition I receive is due to the grace of God upon me, and nothing else.

Perhaps nowhere is the Protestant reaction to Marian excess more cogently put than in Philip Melanchthon's «Apology of the Augsburg Confession» of 1530: «Some of us have seen a certain monastic theologian... urge this prayer upon a dying man, Mother of grace, protect us from the enemy and receive us in the hour of death.»

«From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace» (v. 16.).

Martin it is not by works that we are saved but by grace that none should boast.Works do not get us us closer to God but good works come from a heart that loves God and desires to please him.John 3:16 is clear if we believe in Jesus Christ we shall have eternal life it is based not on what we do or have done but by the grace of God that has been poured out upon us because of Jesus Christ.God always gives us assurances or promises the condition to receive eternal life is to believe in Jesus Christ as the one who has saved from our sin.Personally i believe that the continued walk will determine our reward from the Lord again its not based on our effort but a trust or faith in God.This does not effect the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.