CQOD: 12/16/06 -- Dodd: the means of justification

Christian Quotation of the Day

December 16, 2006Meditation:
    But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    -- 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man’s part, which wins salvation, or even, in a more modern way of speech, a creative moral principle in itself. Paul does not, in fact, speak (when he is using the language strictly) of “justification by faith,” but of “justification by grace through faith,” or “on the grounds of faith.” This is not mere verbal subtlety. It means that the “righteousness of God” becomes ours, not by the assertion of the individual will as such, but by the willingness to let God work.
    ... C. Harold Dodd (1884-1973), The Meaning of Paul for Today [1920]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I can do nothing to save myself, and I owe to You all the glory and honor for my salvations..

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