A study in 2 Peter 1:5-11 (2): Encouraged to fruitful knowledge
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This is a study on 2 Peter 1:5-11 by Martyn McGeown. Previous article in the series: A Study in 2 Peter 1:5-11 (1b): Adding to our faith _________________ “For if these things be in you, and abound…” (2 Peter 1:8) #1 The promise of fruitfulness Last time we noticed the exhortation, “Add:” “Add to your faith virtue, etc.” Verse 8 gives the reason for the admonition of verse 5. That is why it begins with the word “for” which means “because.” Recall...
Read MoreA study in 2 Peter 1:5-11 (1b): Adding to our faith
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This is a study on 2 Peter 1:5-11 by Martyn McGeown. Previous article in the series: A study in 2 Peter 1:5-11 (1a): Adding to our faith. __________________ #2 The Necessary AdditionAfter introducing faith, then, the apostle Peter writes, “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, etc.” We could translate it this way: “And for this very reason, or exactly because of this.” Exactly because our whole salvation is found in Christ, and exactly because our whole salvation...
Read MoreA study in 2 Peter 1:5-11 (1a): Adding to our faith
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Therefore, saving faith does not need virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly affection, and charity. These are not of the essence of faith, but they are faith’s fruits. They are necessary in their own place, but they do not belong to faith’s saving or justifying essence. In other words, while true faith bears virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly affection, and charity, these things do not save or justify us. We are not justified by faith and virtue, etc. We are justified by faith alone. Faith and virtue are not the instruments of justification. Justification is by faith alone. Salvation, and especially justification, is by faith alone because by faith alone we embrace Jesus Christ, who alone is our salvation. Read More
Self-examination and Repentance (Haggai 1:5-6)
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Forgive Us as We Forgive - Part 3
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Forgive Us as We Forgive - Part 2
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Forgive Us as We Forgive - Part 1
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Leveled Membership FAQs
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1. How many books would I get as a leveled member? The chart below shows you how many books come with Level 1 membership and how many books come with Level 2 membership. As a thank you for signing up, leveled members also get to pick out some additional free books from our Complimentary Books Catalog.* Level 1 Membership Level 2 Membership Books in membership 4 8 Free books from the Complimentary Books Catalog* 2 4 *Please note that the free...
Read MoreOur Rejection of Conditions (6): Critiquing a Novel Definition
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Our Rejection of Conditions (5): Conditional Grammar in the Bible
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If you believe, repent, obey, walk in the light, are fruitful in good works, and persevere in faith and godliness, you show yourself to be one of God’s children exactly because God has worked such saving graces in you—you believe, you repent, you walk in the light, you keep God’s commandments not by virtue of your freewill, but by virtue of God’s grace given to you in regeneration and in sanctification. If God has given you the gift of faith, that faith will not remain hidden, but it will bear fruit. If, on the other hand, you remain unbelieving, impenitent, disobedient, and fruitless, you have no reason to apply the description of believers to yourself.
Read MoreOur Rejection of Conditions (4): Herman Hoeksema, late 1940s and early 1950s (Part 2)
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Living Joyfully in Marriage — A Review
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The strength of this book is that it takes Scripture as the ultimate authority as regards what is best for us in marriage (and all of life) and how properly to respond to difficulties in marriage. Each chapter is based on a specific Scripture text which is explained and applied as one would expect in a book based on a sermon series. In addition, the author takes into account many other Scripture passages to support the points he makes. When Scripture is taken as God’s revealed truth, we will know there was a first man and a first woman, who were tempted by a serpent, and ate of the forbidden fruit, and thus brought the wages of sin upon the whole human race. When Scripture is given its proper place, as the author does throughout the book, we will see our hope in Christ alone.
Read MoreOur Rejection of Conditions (3): Herman Hoeksema, late 1940s and early 1950s (Part 1)
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Special note from the RFPA board: the badly copyedited books
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