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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 10, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 37.2
The Holy Spirit grants spiritual gifts to believers for the purpose of building up the church.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 8, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 37.1
Only the Holy Spirit can produce the conviction of sin in us that leads to true repentance.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 5, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 36.3
The Holy Spirit is a guarantee of an inheritance to come. That means all who receive the Spirit will never be lost again.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 3, 20211 min read
New City Catechism 36.2
To be a Christian is, by definition, to be indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Feb 1, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 36.1
The full deity of the Holy Spirit matters for our salvation every bit as much as does the full deity of the Son.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 29, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.3
Faith is the result of the miracle of the new birth, produced in us by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 27, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.2
Faith is the result of the Holy Spirit's work bringing to fruition God's eternal purpose in his chosen people.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 25, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 35.1
The only way we can come to Jesus in faith is if we are drawn to him by the powerful working of the Father. Faith is a gift.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 22, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 34.3
There is no greater defense of the gospel than the holy lives of those who profess to believe it.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 20, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 34.2
Believers are not perfect, but they will never grow comfortable with sin and will show evidence of a desire to obey Christ.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 18, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 34.1
James does not contradict Paul on faith and works. He teaches that the kind of faith that saves is a faith that works.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 15, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.3
False teachers always add mediators alongside Christ and thus subtract from the glory of his saving work.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 13, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.2
Christ alone is our hope for salvation, and thus we must beware of adding anything to the gospel.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 11, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 33.1
Can we rely partly on God's grace and partly on our own efforts for salvation? Absolutely not.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 8, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.3
Sanctification is essential to our salvation. Without holiness, we would not be fit for Heaven.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 6, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.2
Our justification is a sharing in Christ's death and resurrection as the final judgment brought forward into history.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 4, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 32.1
Salvation affects both our standing with God and our personal condition. Both elements are necessary.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Jan 1, 20212 min read
New City Catechism 31.3
The third section of the Apostles' Creed moves from the accomplishment of Christ's saving work to its application to us by the Holy Spirit.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 30, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 31.2
The middle section of the Apostles' Creed gives us a basic summary of the gospel story.
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Aaron O'Kelley
Dec 28, 20202 min read
New City Catechism 31.1
Without a clear, biblical doctrine of creation, the gospel makes no sense.
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