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Galatians 4:12-14 (WEL) Brothers, I plead with you, be as I am, for I am like you. You haven’t hurt me at all. 13 You know that, through the weakness of the flesh, I preached the Gospel to you at first. 14 You didn’t despise or reject me because of the condition which was…
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2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (WEL) So then, working together, we also encourage you not to receive God’s grace for no purpose. 2 For he says, “I heard you in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look! Now is the acceptable time. Look! Now is the day of salvation. [Isaiah…
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1 Corinthians 15:9-11 (WEL) For I am the least of the Apostles and am not good enough to be called an apostle because I persecuted the congregation of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace, which was given to me, was not without effect. I…
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The Means of Justification and Peace With God Romans 5:1-5 (MSB) 1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of…
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1 Timothy 1:12-20 (NKJV) 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace…
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Philippians 1:1-2 Philippians 1:1-2 (NKJV) Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. V1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the…
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2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (LHB) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of…
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The Christian life is thought by many to be easy and happy. Reality teaches us that it is difficult. The devil and his hoard hate us because of Jesus. Our worldview and lifestyle is one of holiness instead of unholiness. There are several comparisons in Scriptures with Galatians 5:19-23. The purpose of those who…
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Ephesians 3:1-7 A1 Scripture Ephesians 3:1-7 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles 2 surely you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the ‘secret’ (as…
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Prevenient grace is the grace that precedes. A Calvinist believes in prevenient grace as the grace that precedes salvation. An article on the question #50 on monergism.com states, “It is true, of course, that the regenerating grace of God must come before faith, and so in that sense it is prevenient.” It is believed…