H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote >"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 By Christ's obedience (merit) we are received into favor (grace) as righteous. The second half of the paragraph defines the first part. 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