, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.  18  “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Dig Deeper   People sometimes refer to parables as earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. came to understand the parables because God wanted them to, even to the point of Jesus explaining the meaning

“Amen” means, This is sure to be! Reformed Christians, we hold it to be on of the five core doctrines of our salvation (We are saved by grace the Biblical languages that it is in English: Hebrew: אָמֵן (ʾā·mēn) Greek: ἀμήν (amēn) The word amen means

The Three Uses of God's Law Psalm 1 1  Blessed is the man who does not walk in step with the wicked or For humans cannot obtain saving grace through the Decalogue, because,  although it does expose the magnitude By no means! this week - the privilege and blessing we have in getting to love God and our neighbor through His grace

mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”  16  It does not, therefore, depend on man's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace though one distinguishes oneself  by free choice  from others who are furnished with equal or sufficient grace but on God's mercy is foundational to these Canons, which are often referred to as the doctrines of grace You can't memorize every word of the Bible, and by God's grace, you don't need to (as opposed to the

We will see this week that God's choice to grant salvation to some necessarily means that He chose to If you came here longing to be reminded of God's grace in your life, that's a sure sign God is drawing The question really isn't whether or not you will accept His grace (we'll learn later this year that the question is how exactly will you make your boast in Him in your actions and words today for the grace

What does this mean for you? We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” 12  The whole Christians, as Peter said, are saved through grace. Nor did the fact that Christians are saved by grace make it acceptable for them to do things God had the Church makes in order to properly determine how to live according to God's law as people saved by grace

a zeal for childlike obedience, and a glorying in God through Christ,  but who nevertheless use the means to count themselves among the reprobate;  rather they ought to continue diligently in the use of the means , to desire fervently a time of more abundant grace, and to wait for it in reverence and humility.  You don't need to worry that you'll wander outside of the grip of His grace. Remember, His grace is stronger than you are.

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace is not by our own merits or strength but by God’s undeserved mercy that we neither forfeit faith and grace Dig Deeper   In Hebrew poetry, the primary meaning of a poem or narrative often comes right in the middle strength to get you across the heavenly finish line, not only could you fall, forfeiting faith and grace

In 1 Cor. 11:23-26, the Apostle Paul is ensuring the church in Corinth knows what the Lord’s Supper means It is not simply a meal to be remembered. The Lord’s Supper was given by Jesus to his disciples (and the Church) as a sign and seal of God’s grace not believe the Lord’s Supper and baptism are sacraments, they believe they are ordinances (an act of man These sacraments are signs and seals of God’s promises to his people, and they impart grace to his children

section where each line begins with the letter ט , five of the eight lines begin with the word ṭôb, which means 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