s unchangeable purpose by which he did the following: Before the foundation of the world,  by sheer grace   God chose in Christ to salvation  a definite number of particular people  out of the entire human race God did all this in order to demonstrate his mercy, to the praise of the riches of God’s glorious grace But in more abstract terms, Jesus saved you by revealing His Father, making God's sovereign, saving grace Remember that you remain in these very same hands, protected and preserved by God's powerful grace, which

Psalm 16 beautifully unpacks what it really means to trust in the LORD, so that it becomes the guiding Theologian Mark Futato suggests these five headings to help you understand what it means to truly trust Rejoicing in the LORD (v9-11) David's heart is glad and his tongue rejoices because he knows that God's grace This is why you need to learn the biblical doctrines of grace summarized in the Canons of Dordt, so that

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace faith and with a contrite heart, forgiveness in the blood of the Mediator; they experience again the grace Certainly John doesn't mean that true Christians never sin, for then there would be no true Christians So far this year we've read 38 passages written by John that have helped us understand that God's grace

whoever believes in him  should not perish  but have eternal life Summary The reason that God's grace This doesn't just mean that God is lov ing , it means that God is the very definition of love, and that To live through Christ means you must be breathing His Word in so that you reflect His glory and image

theologically rich sixth chapter of John's gospel, which begins with Jesus miraculously feeding 5,000 men Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace divine grace of regeneration  does not act in people as if they were blocks and stones;  nor does it The Canons explain that this divine grace of regeneration does not act in people as if they were blocks Rather, God's grace is made to be irresistible to those whose hearts and minds have been sovereignly

By God’s just judgment this does usually happen to those who casually take for granted the grace of election We're commanded to ascribe to the LORD (2x) - this means that we're to give God the credit for that We're spending this year coming to understand the five doctrines of grace ( T otal depravity, U nconditional election, L imited atonement, I rresistible grace, and P erseverance of the saints). be described in what have come to be known as the five solas of the Reformation : 1) Sola Gratia (Grace

Parables are shocking stories that have spiritual meanings. Gloria Article 15 - Reprobation Holy Scripture most especially highlights this eternal and undeserved grace into which, by their own fault, they have plunged themselves;  not to grant them saving faith and the grace Summary Parables are often described as 'earthly stories with heavenly meanings.' Jesus meant parables to be shocking stories with a spiritual meaning, and the parable we're chewing on

Having been freed from Pharaoh meant that they now belonged to the one who freed them: the Lord. they must affirm each one with a vow we rarely think twice about saying: the simple word Amen, which means This means that disobeying God's commands doesn't mean that you will be punished in the future, but that until you fully understand the magnitude of the curse that you'll fully appreciate how massive God's grace

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace This means more than just making better decisions; much more... much more violent! Certainly this doesn't mean your hands are always folded and eyes tightly shut. Rather, it means that your heart and mind are continually set on things above.

This is what we call original sin, meaning that even as infants we inherit the sinful nature brought It is our human nature that stands at odds with God because of our sin, so that means that the one to This is why we need grace. Since the penalty must be paid by a human - one without sin at that - there is no worldly means to escape So thank God for the grace given through Jesus: that although God would have been perfectly justified