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The following is Part Three in the series "Grace Conferred by Means of Admonitions" by Martyn McGeown. Read Part Two here. __________ If God’s grace works in rational, moral creatures “endowed with understanding and will” (Canons 3-4.16), how does God’s grace operate? He works by means of admoniti
The following is Part Two in the series "Grace Conferred by Means of Admonitions" by Martyn McGeown. Read Part One here. __________ The truth that “grace is conferred by means of admonitions” (Canons 3-4.17) is often misunderstood. How can grace, we wonder, be conferred? And how can it be conferre
The following is Part Six in the series "Grace Conferred by Means of Admonitions" by Martyn McGeown. Read Part Five here. __________ Last time I asked, “Is that the only thing—the call to believe, and possibly, repent—that God uses to preserve, continue, and perfect his work of grace in us (Canons
Since God works grace through admonitions, let us heed, by his grace, this admonition and live in readiness as those who know the Lord being known of Him! -- G.L.
The following is Part Five in the series "Grace Conferred by Means of Admonitions" by Martyn McGeown. Read Part Four here. __________ In the last blog post, I made a distinction, following Ursinus, between the bare law without the gospel (which is the killing letter of 2 Corinthians 3:6) and the l
Common Grace, Grace
Grace is simply the help and stimulation and warning of the law to break with wrong habits of the sinful use of a “free-will,” Grace is not an efficacious power whereby we are inwardly renewed in our will and powerfully and efficaciously enlightened in our mind to see the Kingdom of heaven. Grace
If grace can be offered, and must be accepted before it will do the sinner any good, then the acceptance of it is a commendable act, calling for praise. For if some refuse the offer, and I accept it, then I either have better sense than the others, or am more tender-hearted than others, or less obst
And if your admonition was given in love, even though it may for a moment arouse the other’s ire, it will have its effect if he is truly a Christian and you will in the long run have praise from him. But is it not true that the one who admonishes often has some fault himself for which he should be a