The translation project originally started as an attempt to provide an electronic version of a modern translation for electronic distribution over the Internet and on CD (compact disk). We have seen that grace means the free and unmerited favor of God, but it needs to be stressed that an attitude of legalism by which man seeks to merit God’s favor actually undermines the impact of grace. p.16) In other words, Yancey would rather his readers feel grace than define it, experience it rather than study it.

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When we go the extra mile by taking care of our neighbor’s children, giving some money to charity, or making an honest deal, we feel smug about our goodness. Wallace, who notes that the grammar is not decisive, nevertheless suggests that “the faith/faithfulness of Christ is not a denial of faith in Christ as a Pauline concept (for the idea is expressed in many of the same contexts, only with the verb pisteuo rather than the noun), but implies that the object of faith is a worthy object, for he himself is faithful” ( Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1996) 116. Since the message is crucial to salvation and since anathema is pronounced on those who misrepresent it or change it (Gal.e. freely) to those who will believe or trust in the person and work of Christ and no amount of failure can remove them from the Father's hand (John 10:29). But in Isaiah 6, the prophet recorded a vision he was given in which he saw the Lord high and exalted. Paul wrote, “I do not set aside (nullify) God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law (i.

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We should pause here to admit that it is exceedingly dangerous to say anything in opposition to an argument like that.As previously mentioned, most people have trouble with the idea that grace is something they cannot merit or work for, or that no one deserves God’s blessing in the least. Rather, my goal is to get them to explain their point of view in a way that my readers can comprehend and judge for themselves. The questions that come to my mind when I hear this are: Just how consistent must one be to lose their salvation? On one occasion, Parker commented about the poor condition of children admitted to Spurgeon’s orphanage.

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When that grace which was revealed in Christ is received by the believer, it then governs spiritual life by compounding favor upon favor. Philip Yancey: I wrote that after listening to a TED talk in which the speaker asked the audience, “Raise your hand if you have a close relative who voted for someone in 2020 that you could not possibly comprehend? When we do nothing else but accept God’s total pardon, we receive the guarantee of eternal life (Tim.This element is seen in Paul’s outburst of praise in 2 Corinthians 9:15, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. Absolutely not and verses 19-20 plainly indicts all the world as accountable or liable for judgment. Not only does he teach that what we have derived from the first Adam is met by what we have derived from Christ, but the transcendence of the work of Christ is almost infinite in extent. The Roman Catholic Church holds that grace is mediated through its priests and sacraments, while Protestantism generally does not.