Author	Thread: Grace vs works
Admin	Grace vs works Posted : 8 Sep, 2010 07:37 PM Hello eveyone: Whoever wants to see a good presentation of Gods grace,please watch this. Please put this into your browser. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=XrLzYw6ULYw&feature=related Agape' and Charis: St.George Post Reply
View Profile History	Grace vs works Posted : 11 Sep, 2010 11:35 AM "It is wrong to suppose that the doctrine of justification by faith alone, that storm center of the Reformation, was the crucial question in the minds of such theologians as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin. This doctrine was important to the Reformers because it helped to express and to safeguard their answer to another, more vital, question, namely, whether sinners are wholly helpless in their sin, and whether God is to be thought of as saving them by free, unconditional, invincible grace, not only justifying them for Christs' sake when they come to faith, but also raising them from the death of sin by His quickening Spirit in order to bring them to faith." -Michael Haykin "...Only when God shines in us by the Holy Spirit is there any profit from the Word. Thus the inward calling, which alone is effectual and peculiar to the elect, is distinguished from the outward voice of men." - John Calvin "For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction." - 1 Thess 1: 4, 5 Post Reply