tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355965.post-18300240584452897422007-03-27T14:12:00.000-07:002007-03-27T14:23:23.202-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ hath procured,[1] by the application of them unto us, which is the work especially of God the Holy Ghost.[2]<br /> <ol><li><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+1%3A11-12">John 1:11-12</a> <span class="verse-num" id="v43001011-1"></span><blockquote>He came to his own,<span class="footnote"> <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+1%3A11-12#f1" name="b1" id="b1" title="Greek 'to his own things'; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people"></a></span>and his own people<span class="footnote"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+1%3A11-12#f2" name="b2" id="b2" title="'People' is implied in Greek"></a></span>did not receive him. <span class="verse-num" id="v43001012-1"></span>But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God . . . .<br /></blockquote></li><li><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+Titus+3%3A5-6"> Titus 3:5-6</a> <span class="verse-num" id="v56003005-1"></span><blockquote>. . . he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, <span class="verse-num" id="v56003006-1"></span>whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior . . . .<br /></blockquote></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Westminster Larger Catechism</span>, Question 58</span></span><br /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04648669478887197766noreply@blogger.com