Instead, Paul addresses a much larger point. “Is Paul telling his autobiography, pre- or post-conversion?” is the wrong question to ask of the text. What, then, is Paul’s point?
“God’s very existence is covenantal: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit live in unceasing devotion to each other, reaching outward beyond the Godhead to create a community of creatures serving as a giant analogy of the Godhead’s relationship.”
― Introducing Covenant Theology
― Introducing Covenant Theology
“To the glorious message of redemption there is an answering faith on the part of man, consisting in a childlike trust in Jesus Christ, and becoming at the same time a fountain of love to God and His service.”
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
“This general revelation never has been exclusively natural, but always contained an admixture of the supernatural. Even before the fall God revealed Himself to man supernaturally in the covenant of works. And in the course of the history of revelation God frequently revealed Himself in a supernatural way outside of the sphere of special revelation, Gen. 20:3 ff.; 40: 5 ff ; 41:1 ff.; Judg. 7:13; Dan. 2:1 ff.”
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
“The miracles of Scripture, too, culminate in the incarnation, which is the greatest and most central miracle of all. In Christ, who is the absolute miracle, all things are restored and creation is brought back to its pristine beauty, Acts 3:21.”
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
“There is a constant coming of God to man in theophany, prophecy, and miracle, and this coming reaches its highest point in the incarnation of the Son of God and in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church.”
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
― Manual of Christian Doctrine
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