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12/14/15 2:44 PM |
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"a) Justification is the reckoning and counting a man to be righteous for the sake of another, even Jesus Christ the Lord. Sanctification is the actual making a man inwardly righteous, though it may be in a very feeble degree. (b) The righteousness we have by our justification is not our own, but the everlasting perfect righteousness of our great Mediator Christ, imputed to us, and made our own by faith. The righteousness we have by sanctification is our own righteousness, imparted, inherent, and wrought in us by the Holy Spirit, but mingled with much infirmity and imperfection. (c) In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one thing needful. (d) In sanctification our own works are of vast importance and God bids us fight, and watch, and pray, and strive, and take pains, and labour Justification is a finished and complete work.... e) Justification admits of no growth or increase: a man is as much justified the hour he first comes to Christ by faith as he will be to all eternity. Sanctification is eminently a progressive work, and admits of continual growth and enlargement so long as a man lives." (J.C.Ryle) https://www.monergism.com/justification-and-sanctification-how-do-they-differ-j-c-ryle |
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8/23/15 12:57 PM |
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"The visible Churches have their times of prosperity and seasons of peace, but never has there been a time of peace for the true Church. Its conflict is perpetual. Its battle never ends.Warfare with the powers of hell is the experience of every individual member of the true Church. Each has to fight. What are the lives of all the saints, but records of battles? What were such men as Paul, and James, and Peter, and John, and Polycarp, and Ignatius, and Augustine, and Luther, and Calvin, and Latimer, and Baxter, but soldiers engaged in a constant warfare? Sometimes their persons have been assailed, and sometimes their property. Sometimes they have been harassed by slander, and sometimes by open persecution. But in one way or another the devil has been continually warring against the Church. The "gates of hell" have been continually assaulting the people of Christ." (JCRyle) Why Were Our Reformers Burned? For Their Adhesion to the Protestant Faith, J.C. Ryle http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=21513147150 |
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9/7/14 2:35 PM |
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Lurker wrote: it was the JEWS ruling over God's people Commentry on John 18:31. "The Jews therefore said unto him, [Pilate] It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:""Let us mark here what a striking confession the Jews here made, whether they were aware of it or not. They actually admitted that they were no longer rulers and governors of their own nation, and that they were under the dominion of a foreign power. They were no longer independent, but subjects of Rome. He who has power of condemning to death and taking away the life of a prisoner, he is the governor of a country. "It is not lawful for us," said the Jews, "to take away life. You, the Roman Governor, alone can do it, and therefore we come to you about this Jesus." By their own mouth and their own act they publicly declared that Jacob's prophecy was fulfilled, "that the sceptre had departed from Judah," that they had no longer a lawgiver of their own stock, and that consequently the time of Shiloh, the promised Messiah, must have come (Gen. 49:10). How unconscious wicked men are that they fulfill prophecy!" (J.C.Ryle) |
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11/19/13 5:02 PM |
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"They tell us that the reverence which the Roman Catholic Church gives to saints and images does not amount to idolatry. They inform us that there are distinctions between the kinds of worshipâthat God deserves the âstrong worshipâ and the saints and images get a lesser worship. That there is a distinction between a mediator of redemption, and a mediator of intercession, which clear the church of the charge of idolatry. My answer is, that the Bible knows nothing of such distinctions; and that, in the actual practice of the great bulk of Roman Catholics, there is no distinction at all.""They tell us, that it is a mistake to suppose that Roman Catholics really worship the images and pictures before which they perform acts of adoration; that they only use them as helps to devotion, and in reality look far beyond them. My answer is, that many a heathen could say just as much for his idolatryâthat it is well-known, in former days, they did say soâand that in Hindu religion many idol-worshippers do say the same even in the present day. But the apology does not help. The terms of the second commandment are too stringent. It prohibits "bowing down," as well as worshipping." (J.C.Ryle) |
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8/30/09 1:41 PM |
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John 8:21 "Then said Jesus again unto them I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins:" "We learn, for one thing, that it is possible to SEEK CHRIST IN VAIN. Our Lord says to the unbelieving Jews, "You shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins." He meant, by these words, that the Jews would one day seek Him in vain. The lesson before us is a very painful one. That such a Savior as the Lord Jesus, so full of love, so willing to save, should ever be sought "IN VAIN," is a sorrowful thought. Yet so it is! A man may have many religious feelings about Christ, without any saving religion. Sickness, sudden affliction, the fear of death, the failure of usual sources of comfort--all these causes may draw out of a man a good deal of "religiousness." Under the immediate pressure of these he may say his prayers fervently, exhibit a strong spiritual feelings, and profess for a season to "seek Christ," and be a different man. And yet all this time his heart may never be touched at all! Take away the peculiar circumstances that affected him, and he may possibly return at once to his old ways. He sought Christ "IN VAIN," because he sought Him from false motives, and not with his whole heart." (J.C Ryle) # Thus faith is a gift not a human faculty! Eph 2:8. |
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11/16/07 8:26 AM |
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To live the life of daily faith in the Son of God, and to be daily drawing out of His fulness the promised grace and strength which He has laid up for His peopleâthis is the grand secret of progressive sanctification. Believers who seem at a standstill are generally neglecting close communion with Jesus, and so grieving the Spirit. He that prayed,âSanctify them,â the last night before His crucifixion, is infinitely willing to help everyone who by faith applies to Him for help, and desires to be made more holy. 5) For another thing, let us not expect too much from our own hearts here below. At our best we shall find in ourselves daily cause for humiliation, and discover that we are needy debtors to mercy and grace every hour. The more light we have, the more we shall see our own imperfection. Sinners we were when we began, sinners we shall find ourselves as we go on; renewed, pardoned, justifiedâyet sinners to the very last. Our absolute perfection is yet to come, and the expectation of it is one reason why we should long for heaven. 6) Finally, let us never be ashamed of making much of sanctification,, and contending for a high standard of holiness. While some are satisfied with a miserably low degree of attainment, and others are not ashamed to live on without any (J Ryle) |
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11/12/07 2:23 PM |
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Abigail"a) Justification is the reckoning and counting a man to be righteous for the sake of another, even Jesus Christ the Lord. Sanctification is the actual making a man inwardly righteous, though it may be in a very feeble degree b) The righteousness we have by our justification is not our own, but the everlasting perfect righteousness of our great Mediator Christ, imputed to us, and made our own by faith. c) In justification our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one thing needful d) In sanctification our own works are of vast importance and God bids us fight, and watch, and pray, and strive, and take pains, and labour. Justification is a finished and complete work, and a man is perfectly justified the moment he believes. e) Justification admits of no growth or increase: a man is as much justified the hour he first comes to Christ by faith as he will be to all eternity. Sanctification is eminently a progressive work, and admits of continual growth and enlargement so long as a man lives. f) Justification is the act of God about us, and is not easily discerned by others. Sanctification is the work of God within us, and cannot be hid in its outward manifestation from the eyes of men." (John Ryle) |
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6/10/07 3:47 PM |
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Thankyou for your response JDInteresting that you appear to have dropped the word 'repentance'. May I enquire as to why? You changed the wording a little also - "We must be saved if the thing is to be had" From "the thing must be had if we are to be saved" ...'the thing' being; ".. we all need a complete change--a change which is the special office of the Holy Spirit to give us." Do you not agree with the format specified? |
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6/10/07 2:38 PM |
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JD; - Abigail;We are all by nature so weak, so worldly, so earthly-minded, so inclined to sin, that without a thorough change we cannot serve God in life, and could not enjoy Him after death. Just as ducks, as soon as they are hatched, take naturally to water, so do children, as soon as they can do anything, take to selfishness, lying, and deceit; and none pray or love God, unless they are taught. High or low, rich or poor, gentle or simple, we all need a complete change--a change which is the special office of the Holy Spirit to give us. Call it what you please - new birth, regeneration, renewal, new creation, quickening, repentance - the thing must be had if we are to be saved: and if we have the thing it will be seen. |
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6/10/07 2:27 PM |
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Abigail. / JD.He is a Savior, but not my Savior - a Redeemer, but not my Redeemer Martin Luther said, "Many are lost because they cannot use possessive pronouns." "An eminent Christian lady once said, in her old age, "The beginning of eternal life in my soul, was a conversation I had with an old gentleman who came to visit my father when I was only a little girl. He took me by the hand one day and said, 'My dear child, my life is nearly over, and you will probably live many years after I am gone. But never forget two things. One is, that there is such a thing as having our sins forgiven while we live. The other is, that there is such a thing as knowing and feeling that we are forgiven.' I thank God I have never forgotten his words." |
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