Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. The Bible, Deuteronomy 19:21
REVELATIONS
All the principles of godliness are undermined by fanatics who substitute revelations for Scripture. John Calvin The work of the Spirit promised to us is not to create new and unfamiliar revelations, or to coin some novel type of teaching by which we may be led away from the received doctrine of the gospel, but … Continue reading “REVELATIONS”
RETRIBUTION
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The Bible, Hosea 8:7
RESURRECTION OF CHRISTIANS
By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. The Bible, 1 Corinthians 6:14 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet … Continue reading “RESURRECTION
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RESURRECTION, LAST COMMAND OF RISEN JESUS
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations. The Bible, Matthew 28:19
RESURRECTION, BODILY
We affirm that the bodily resurrection of Christ from the dead is essential to the biblical gospel (1 Cor. 15:14). The gospel of Jesus Christ: An evangelical celebration The seed dies into new new life and so does man. George Macdonald
RESTORING OTHERS
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. The Bible, Galatians 6:1
REPROOF
If you reprove someone, you yourself get carried away by anger and you are satisfying your own passion; do not lose yourself, therefore, in order to save another. Abba Macarius the Great
REPROBATION
See: Predestination
RENUNCIATION
A firm faith is the mother of the renunciation of the world; the opposite, obviously, produces the opposite effect. Unwavering hope is the door to the renunciation of every earthly affection; the opposite, obviously produces the opposite effect. The love of God is the basis of detachment from the world; and here too the opposite, … Continue reading “RENUNCIATION”