Rebuke and Grace
426–427
| Name and Summary | Pages |
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This chapter emphasizes the importance of thoroughly understanding and repeatedly studying divine teachings to fully grasp their authority and purpose. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that true spiritual transformation requires both divine grace and human cooperation, highlighting that the law alone cannot enable us to abstain from evil or perform good. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that God's grace through Jesus Christ is essential for deliverance from evil and for performing good works motivated by love. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that human actions toward good are ultimately enabled and guided by God's Spirit, and believers should acknowledge divine assistance in their deeds. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that church leaders are authorized to prescribe, rebuke, and pray for their congregations to foster love and proper conduct. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that human inability to do good or receive divine grace is rooted in God's sovereignty and gift, not in personal merit. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes the necessity and value of rebuke in leading individuals to repentance and spiritual healing. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that true spiritual correction and grace come from God's power, whether through rebuke or divine intervention, and human efforts cannot replace God's ability to transform lives. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that rebuke and correction are rooted in God's grace and are necessary for guiding individuals toward regeneration and righteousness. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that perseverance in faith and good works is a divine gift from God, essential for salvation and ongoing righteousness. | 4 |
This chapter emphasizes that those who initially lived well but later turn away from their good life are justly rebuked and deserving of divine condemnation if they persist in their sin until death. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that salvation and justification are entirely due to God's grace, not human effort or merit. | 1 |
This chapter explains that those who are saved are chosen by divine grace and are called to believe and persevere in faith. | 1 |
This chapter explains that God's election and predestination are based on His purpose and grace, guaranteeing that those whom He chooses will not perish. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes the security and certainty of God's love and salvation for His elect. | 1 |
This chapter explains that true believers, who work through love, either do not ultimately fail in their faith or are restored before death, and perseverance to the end is granted to them. | 1 |
This chapter explores the mystery of God's judgments regarding perseverance and grace, emphasizing that humans cannot fully comprehend God's reasons for bestowing perseverance to some and not others. | 2 |
This chapter explores the mysterious and differing ways in which God's grace manifests among His children, highlighting the divine unpredictability of perseverance and salvation. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes the inscrutability of God's ways, especially in regard to the distribution of His gifts and blessings. | 2 |
This chapter discusses the importance of perseverance in faith as a mark of true predestined children of God. | 2 |
This chapter explains that God's election is limited to those predestined for eternal life, and perseverance is granted only to them. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that true disciples of Christ are defined by their perseverance in His Word. | 2 |
This chapter explains that God's predestining and calling are based on His eternal purpose and foreknowledge, ensuring that those who are called are ultimately justified and glorified. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that God works all things for good to those who love Him, even permitting difficulties to humble and instruct them. | 3 |
This chapter emphasizes the importance of rebuking those who stray from the right path, asserting that such correction is part of God's divine plan for good. | 1 |
This chapter discusses the nature of perseverance in goodness, particularly regarding Adam's original uprightness and subsequent fall. | 2 |
This chapter explains that God's omnipotent goodness allowed evil to exist to demonstrate the free will of angels and humans, ultimately showing His grace and justice. | 2 |
This chapter explains that humans were created with free will, which allowed Adam to choose to remain upright or to fall, thereby bringing sin into humanity. | 1 |
This chapter explains that Adam initially received a different kind of grace from God, which was a benefit bestowed freely without merit, unlike the grace given to saints in this life who are amid ongoing struggles with evil. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that Christ's incarnation and sacrifice require no additional grace for present salvation, but rather a more powerful grace rooted in His divine sacrifice. | 2 |
This chapter explains that the first man had a form of grace that allowed him the potential for goodness but not the assurance to always remain good, and that this grace could be forsaken by free will. | 2 |
This chapter explains that humans were originally endowed with a good will from God, made upright and capable of continuing in righteousness with divine help. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes the profound difference between having the ability to avoid sin, death, or forsaking good, and the inability to do so, highlighting a progression towards greater forms of freedom and eternal happiness. | 1 |
This chapter explains the difference between aids that are necessary for a particular outcome and those that actually bring about that outcome, emphasizing that true grace involves both enabling and perfecting perseverance. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes the necessity of greater spiritual liberty and perseverance in the face of temptation, exemplified by the saints’ steadfastness despite worldly opposition. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that it is God's grace alone that enables people to do good, persevere, and remain in faith. | 1 |
This chapter explains that human free will was originally capable of persevering in goodness without God's intervention, but after sin, human weakness requires divine grace for salvation. | 2 |
This chapter explains that divine grace is essential for saints to persevere in goodness, as God provides both the will and the power to do so. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that the number of those predestined to the kingdom of God is fixed and unchangeable. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes the importance of humility and fear among believers, acknowledging that mortal life involves uncertainty about predestination and perseverance. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes that God’s mercy is essential both in this life and in divine judgment, being extended according to one’s deeds and merits. | 2 |
This chapter explains that those not predestined for salvation are justly judged according to their deeds and inherited sin. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that rebuke for sin should be accepted with humility and love, recognizing it as a medicinal, rather than punitive, act that can lead to salvation. | 1 |
This chapter explains that when scripture states that God wills all men to be saved, it refers specifically to the predestined group, encompassing all types of people within that group. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes that God's will prevails over human free will, as He influences hearts and decisions without coercion. | 2 |
This chapter emphasizes the importance of loving correction within the Church, recognizing that even condemnation can lead to repentance if God's grace enables it. | 2 |
This chapter explains that God's universal will for salvation is made effective through the Holy Spirit working within us, inspiring love and the desire for all to be saved. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes the importance of rebuking and correcting others in accordance with biblical principles, despite some people's faith being compromised. | 1 |
This chapter emphasizes the importance of mutually loving and rebuking one another to promote salvation and spiritual growth. | 2 |