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May 3, 2017 · For Luther, there were five critical elements to the true gospel: The distinction between the law and the gospel. The doctrine of justification by faith alone. The definitions of repentance and faith. The bondage and inability of man’s will concerning salvation. The reality of sin in the Christian’s life and the subsequent need to live ...
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A fascinating unpacking by Casey Lute of nine essential...
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- On Pastors and Preaching
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- On Antinomianism
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“Knowing how to ‘preach Christ from the Old Testament,’ or understanding biblical theology, or seeing the flow of redemptive history, or knowing how to get to Christ from any part of the Scriptures does not necessarily result in actually preaching the person of Jesus Christ himself. Seeing Christ as the solution to a series of clues embedded in the...
“Legalism is simply separating the law of God from the person of God.” (83) “The essence of legalism is a heart distortion of the graciousness of God and of the God of grace.” (88) “It’s commonplace to say that one can have a legalistic head and a legalistic heart. But it’s also all too possible to have anevangelical head and a legalistic heart.” (...
“Although in one sense antinomianism is the ‘opposite’ error from legalism, in another sense it’s the ‘equal’ error, for it similarly abstracts God’s law from God’s person and character (which undergoes no change from old to new covenant). It fails to appreciate that the law that condemns us for our sins was given to teach us how not to sin.” (141)...
“Assurance of salvation is the fruit of faith in Christ. Christ is able to and does, in fact, save all those who come to him through faith. Since faith is trust in Christ as the one who is able to save, there is a certain confidence and assurance seminally inherent in faith. The act of faith, therefore, contains within it the seed of assurance. Ind...
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Dec 9, 2001 · John Piper. Scripture: Romans 8:3–4 Topic: Sanctification & Growth. Subscribe. Apple Podcasts Spotify. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in ...
Philip Ryken: The problem with the law, then, is not the law; the problem with the law is our sin. Since we cannot keep the law, the law cannot bless us. All it can do is curse us, placing us under the condemnation of divine wrath. II. (:11) THE OT SUPPORTS JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH — NOT BY KEEPING THE LAW. Quote from Hab. 2:4
Mar 15, 2021 · Peter lays the law of Moses side-by-side with the grace of Christ. He tells us that that the law is a yoke that no one can bear. But the Gospel is grace which we can receive. In Paul’s idiom, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery” (Gal 5:1).
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Jan 4, 2022 · Paul clarified what Jesus had taught: the Law shows us what God wants (holiness), and grace gives us the desire and power to be holy. Rather than trust in the Law to save us, we trust in Christ. We are freed from the Law’s bondage by His once-for-all sacrifice (Romans 7:6; 1 Peter 3:18).
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Jul 23, 2022 · 10 Key Bible Verses on God’s Law. This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Galatians 2:16. Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ ...
