“The active obedience of Jesus is his fulfilling the demands of the covenant probation. By the passive obedience of his atoning sacrifice he secures for us…
Taken from J. Gresham Machen’s “What is Faith?” (First published in 1925) …men sometimes try to come to Christ through the sense of beauty. And indeed…
“If our being children of God depended in slightest measure upon us, we could never be sure that we had attained the high estate. But as…
This threefold use or functions of the law is crucial. First, here’s Berkhof: – Berkhof 1. A usus politicus or civilis. The law serves the purpose of…
“Unlike Jesus, we are sinners, and hence, unlike Him, we become Christians; we are sinners, and hence we accept with thankfulness the redeeming love of the…
“The earliest Christian Church was a missionary Church. If Christianity ever settles down to be the religion merely of one nation or of one group of…
“There are some things that the world never forgives. Peter could never, I suppose, have been received again into the society of gentlemen after he had…
“How shall we distinguish Christ’s active obedience from His passive obedience? Shall we say that He accomplished His active obedience by His life and accomplished His…
The world does not set the agenda for the church. Only Christ, the head of the church, establishes its ministry through the Word. The task of…
“How shall we distinguish Christ’s active obedience from His passive obedience? Shall we say that He accomplished His active obedience by His life and accomplished His…
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