It’s good to use the “at the same time” language but be sure to understand if it is being used to describe either justification or sanctification. In justification the language is total. In sanctification, it is partial and incomplete. If we can do this, then the language is helpful and comforting. If not, then we confuse salvation, righteousness, and the place and purpose of good works in this life.
Read More“[An angel] is immortal, not by nature but by grace. For all that has had beginning comes also to its natural end. But God alone is eternal, or rather, He is above the Eternal: for He, the Creator of times, is not under the dominion of time, but above time.”
Read MoreJohn Gerhard’s On Interpreting Sacred Scripture is a master work of theological clarity and comfort that takes no shame in articulating every bit of Christian teaching from the Bible alone. One of the fruits of this endeavor are various theological axioms that Christians should keep in mind as they read and interpret the Bible. The devil wants us to go our own way in making up a novel interpretations in service to sinful desire. That’s why we need Gerhard’s axioms. These axioms are not invented or contrived. They are drawn from the clearest passages of Scriptures, the same passages that articulate the Creed, what Lutherans sometimes call, “the Rule of Faith.”
Read MoreJesus, your crucified and risen Lord, has saved you from sin and death. As he rose from the grave, so too will you rise to live in the joy of his presence forever. The nations and kings may plot. The devil and the demons may lie in wait to devour. But who are they to us? “He who did not spare his Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things” (Romans 8:32)?
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Read More“That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:19
Read MoreThe Truth will set you free.
Read MoreIn today’s devotion we hear about God’s changed heart towards us in Isaiah 12 and at the end we learn about how salvation finds its source in the Trinity.
Read MoreToday’s devotion is from St. James who preaches that of our heavenly birth by means of God’s Word.
Read MoreJesus goes to prepare a place for us. Where he is, there we will be also.
Read MoreJesus, our Great High Priest, gives us confidence to draw near God’s throne of grace.
Read MoreJeremiah teaches us that it is good to wait on the Lord and His salvation.
Read More“Live as people who are free.” 1 Peter 2:16
Read MoreToday’s devotion is based on Isaiah chapter 40.
Read More“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live” (John 5:25).
Read MoreThe Lord himself is the Shepherd of the sheep.
Read MoreJesus is the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.
Read MoreJesus is the Good Shepherd who in haste answers the prayers of his sheep.
Read MoreWhat is the pure spiritual milk which which God feeds us? The Gospel, the truth that Jesus has purchased us to be his own with the price of his blood.
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