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NASB | Acts 13:38 "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 13:38 "So let it be clearly known by you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you; |
Subject: What is the Bible's take on sacriments? |
Bible Note: "I am shocked that an adherent of God's absolute soverignty would ask such a question." Well, that's me -- shocking! :) "God did not have to save us at all..." True enough. "...and could have saved us in any manner He willed." Well, any manner that wouldn't have compromised His infinite, eternal, and unchangeable justice. If He is to be merciful, He will not violate His own nature in doing so. So I repeat my question again: how else could He have saved us? "Are you saying that He did it by means of the Incarnation because He had to do it in then manner?" I am saying what the Bible says: "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, ***so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus***." --Romans 3:23-26 --Joe! |