 | Darryl J. Gless - 1994 - 300 pages
...grace. Yet Article 10, "Of Free Will," seems at once to assert and to undermine the notion of necessity: "we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable...will, and working with us, when we have that good will."21 The onset of grace must come first, "preventing us." Yet it initiates a second, persistent... | |
 | Ted Campbell - 1996 - 364 pages
...not turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant...acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ [coming before] us, that we may have a good will, and working within us, when we have that good will.217... | |
 | John B. Boles - 1996 - 264 pages
...cannot turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and works to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant...acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ . . . [enabling], that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will."20... | |
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - 1998 - 128 pages
...turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant...and working with us, when we have that good will. XI. Of the Justification of Man. We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord... | |
 | Robert M. Ryan - 1997 - 324 pages
...turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works to faith and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant...will, and working with us when we have that good will. That statement could serve as a summary of the theological doctrine of Jerusalem. In recent years scholars... | |
 | Robert L. Short - 2000 - 148 pages
...turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant...will, and working with us, when we have that good will ("Articles of Religion," X). But probably the most famous biblical expression for the captivity of... | |
 | Kate Aughterson - 2002 - 628 pages
...Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptahle to God, without the. grace of God hy Christ preventing us: that we may have a good will; and working with us when we have that good will, 12. Of good works Alheit that good works, which are the fruits of faith and follow after justification,... | |
 | Thomas C. Oden - 2002 - 188 pages
...responsible in freedom to exercise his will for good."43 The Wesleyan Church Articles of Religion state: "We have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God without the grace of God by Christ working in us, that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good wilL"44 The... | |
 | Steve Turner - 2009 - 308 pages
...turn and prepare himself. by his own natural strength and good works. to faith. and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God. without the grace of God in Christ preventing us. that we may have a good wilL and working with us. when we have that good wilL"... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 2003 - 460 pages
...weight. Complete dependence on the grace of God is asserted, with only a small loophole for good works: We have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable...and working with us, when we have that good will. (Art. X) We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ... | |
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The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without... 
