By grace I mean a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for our salvation.
There are two kinds of grace, sanctifying grace and actual grace.
Sanctifying grace is that grace which makes the soul holy and pleasing to God.
Actual grace is that help of...
A covenant is a relationship initiated by God, to which a body of people responds in faith.
The Old Covenant is the one given by God to the Hebrew people.
God promised that they would be his people to bring all the nations of the world to him.
God required...
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, being given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Isaiah 8:20)
The Old Testament consists of books written by the people of the Old Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to show God at work in nature and...
The chief sources of sin are seven: Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth; and they are commonly called capital sins.
No, on the contrary, God created man good (Genesis 1:31) and in his image (Genesis 1:26-27), that is, in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:24), so that he might rightly know God his Creator...
The first man and woman were Adam and Eve.
Adam and Eve were innocent and holy when they came from the hand of God.
The chief blessings intended for Adam and Eve, had they remained...
Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.
The image of God was this:
This likeness is...
The angels.
Note: Angel means "messenger." God frequently used angels to announce important events in the history of salvation: the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:1-20): the birth of Jesus (Luke 1:26-38; Matthew 1:18-21); the resurrection of Jesus (Luke 24:4-7); the ascension and second coming of Jesus (Acts 1:10-11).
Angels are pure...
The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Holy Trinity, true God with the Father and the Son—therefore not merely the power or energy of God (Matthew 28:19).
Because the Scriptures clearly call Him God, teaching that:
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, true God and true man.
Jesus Christ is true God because He is the true and only Son of God the Father.
We mean that Jesus is the only perfect image of the Father, and shows us the...
Yes; there is but one God.
There can be but one God, because God, being supreme and infinite, cannot have an equal.
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory. (1 Corinthians 8:6; John 10:30; John 14:9; Acts...
