"By his obedience Christ truly acquired and merited grace for us with the Father, for as by the sin of Adam we were estranged from God and destined to perish, so by Christ's obedience we are received into favor as righteous" -- John Calvin "acquired and merited grace" is earned -- the covenant of works "Chad R. Bresson" <breusswane@...> wrote:H Dorrington wrote:>So it all goes back to someone earning grace? >So grace becomes wages and not a gift! What in Calvin's statements says anything about "earning grace"? Chad Richard Bresson Xenia, OH http://breusswane.blogspot.com/ -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace