remains that Rome has chained herself to the continual participation of the eucharist as the necessary means dependent upon your action: if you separate yourself from the sacrament, you separate yourself from God's grace This grave misrepresentation of the gospel, coupled with the teaching we've looked at earlier that the

John 3:1-7 (NIV) Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling But that's not what Jesus meant. It certainly could mean born again , as it's most commonly translated, but it's best understood to mean You're spiritual meal always comes in the form of the Word. As you hear it preached on the Lord's Day, it's a substantial meal.

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace temptations of the world and Satan, those who have been converted could not remain standing in this grace But God is faithful, mercifully strengthening them in the grace once conferred on them and powerfully Even those who have been converted could not remain standing in this grace if left to their own resources But God is faithful, mercifully strengthening them in the grace once conferred on them and powerfully

proceeding from the good root of faith, are good and acceptable to God, since they are all sanctified by his grace what it was our duty to do.’“ Yet we do not wish to deny that God rewards good works— but it is by his grace Deeper Jesus was reiterating words from the Old Testament when He explained God's expectation for man As Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from You've been saved by grace for sure, and in one sense, through Christ you've fulfilled the 'day's work

Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Although the power of God strengthening and preserving true believers in grace is more than a match for It was the fact that God's grace is stronger than they were. This week we'll read that although these men seriously stumbled, God's grace brought them to repentance This is the same grace that has you firmly in its grip.

given here on the relationship you have with your Father, that you can boldly approach His throne of grace Tension here doesn't mean that God exists in stress, but rather that there are aspects of Him that seem Other people want to cling only to God's mercy, thinking that somehow the mean and vengeful God of justice

In his human nature Christ is not now on earth; but in his divinity, majesty, grace, and Spirit he is Certainly John isn't referring to our age here, but as one Bible dictionary puts it, he means "a person In drawing on other scripture passages, today's catechism reminds you that in His divinity, majesty, 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.  Not only are you always held by grace that's stronger than you are, but the hands that hold you are gentle

Does Jesus mean that the bread & wine somehow literally turn into His flesh & blood, or is He speaking One of the primary passages Reformed theologians lean on for this understanding is v16 from our reading Both words are derived from a common root and share similar meanings. The Latin word communio means "common" or "shared." Similarly, the Greek word koinōnía also means "common" or "shared."

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man Man subjected himself willingly to sin, becoming wicked, perverse, and corrupt in all his ways. Therefore we reject everything taught to the contrary concerning man’s free will, since man is nothing This is what's meant when v6 says "the letter kills;" meaning that God's commands written in scripture on our own is a hallmark of Reformed theology (ideas which are often referred to as the doctrines of grace