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May You Be Strengthened with Power
JUSTIFICATION “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit.”Ephesians 3:16 In the context of Catholic teaching, the verse from Ephesians 3:16, “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit,” underscores the transformative work of the Holy Spirit within believers. This passage emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s…
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A Witness with Us
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.” So they proposed…
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Not By Faith Alone
FAITH & WORKS For what saith the Scripture that Abraham believed Godand it was counted unto him as righteousness (dikaiosunen).Romans 4, 3 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified (dikaiousthai) by faithwithout the deeds of the law.Romans 3, 28 Was not Abraham our father justified (edikaiosthe) by workswhen he had offered his son Isaac…
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Every Family in Heaven and on Earth
THE DIVINE FAMILY OF GOD For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in…
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One Mediator Between God and Man
THE MEDIATION OF CHRIST First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God…
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Put On the Lord Jesus Christ
SALVATION Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the…
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Put On the New Self
Justification & Sanctification Create a clean heart in me, O God:and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy face;and take not thy holy spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation,and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.Psalm 50, 12-14 You should put away the old self of your former…
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So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
ONE FAMILY IN CHRIST Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weightand the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.Hebrews 12, 1 Hebrews 12:1 serves as a profound exhortation for believers, urging them…
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Set Your Mind on Things Above
JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above,where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above,not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.When Christ who is our life appears, then…
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That We Might Be Justified by His Grace
INFUSED & INTRINSIC RIGHTEOUSNESS But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared,not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy,he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so thatwe…
Scriptural & Traditional Catholicism
Being Catholic 