Tuesday, June 03, 2008

What are you boasting in?

"If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows nothing of grace, and he has not learned Jesus Christ rightly." ~Martin Luther
"...that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?" ~ 1 Cor. 4:6-7
"...so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption." ~ 1 Cor. 29-30
"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!" ~ Galatians 2:17
"What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!"~ Romans 6:15
"You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love." ~ Galatians 5:13
"...for in Him we live and move and have our being...." ~Acts 17:28
"...love is the fulfillment of the law." ~Romans 13:10
"Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy." ~Thomas Watson