"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 It was your quote! "Chad R. Bresson" <breusswane@...> wrote:H Dorrington wrote:>The premise is that Christ the Righteous needed to acquire and merit grace There isn't a *premise* in the Covenant of Works that grace was to be merited. No one I know believes that Christ merited grace (nor would they say it) and that is certainly the wrong way to read Calvin (as I explained). This is a misrepresentation of the view, IMHO. 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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