Category: Soteriology
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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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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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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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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…
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There Is No Partiality with God
SALVATION … There is no partiality with God. Judgment by the Interior Law. All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it. For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight…
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We Are the Aroma of Christ
SALVATION “For we are the aroma of Christ to Godamong those who are being savedand among those who are perishing.2 Corinthians 2, 15 In the Catholic context, 2 Corinthians 2:15, which states, “for we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved,” can be understood as deeply connected to the…
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We Have All Received Grace upon Grace
SALVATION From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.John 1, 16 The verse John 1:16, “From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace,” carries profound significance within a Catholic context. This passage encapsulates the core of Christian belief about the nature of Jesus Christ, highlighting His divine abundance and the transformative…
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