{"id":221,"date":"2013-07-02T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/07\/new-testament-epistles-on-bringing-about-further-sanctification-and-even-salvation-by-our-own-actions.html"},"modified":"2017-05-27T16:36:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T20:36:22","slug":"new-testament-epistles-on-bringing-about-further-sanctification-and-even-salvation-by-our-own-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/07\/new-testament-epistles-on-bringing-about-further-sanctification-and-even-salvation-by-our-own-actions.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament on Sanctification by Our Own Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2013\/07\/Paul3.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2013\/07\/Paul3.jpg\" alt=\"Phantombild Paulus von Tarsus\" width=\"430\" height=\"528\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0Facial composite\u00a0of St. Paul created by experts of the\u00a0Landeskriminalamt<\/span><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0of North Rhine-Westphalia using historical sources, proposed by D\u00fcsseldorf historian Michael Hesemann (Feb. 2008).<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \/\u00a0<a class=\"extiw decorated-link\" style=\"color: #663366;\" title=\"w:en:Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:Creative_Commons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"external text decorated-link\" style=\"color: #663366;\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/de\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Germany<\/a>\u00a0license]\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">* * * * *<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">(7-2-13)\n<p>***<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Of course, we always have to mention, for the sake of our Protestant brethren (who quite often misunderstand this), that we agree that God is the source of all good things, by His grace, including the grace for us to do any good thing whatsoever. That\u2019s all Catholic teaching, and is presupposed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">My present point, however, is to note that the New Testament <i>also <\/i>highlights <i>our <\/i>part of the bargain. We do things in our free will, and these put us in good or better stead with God, and we can achieve merit through these actions. This is the works part of faith and works.\n<p>***<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[all passages RSV]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">* * * * *<\/div>\n<p><b>\u00a0 <\/b><br>\n<b>Romans 2:7 <\/b>to those who <span style=\"color: blue;\">by patience in well-doing seek<\/span> for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; <b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Romans 6:19 <\/b>. . . For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now <span style=\"color: blue;\">yield your members to righteousness for sanctification<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Romans 12:2 <\/b>Do not be conformed to this world but be <span style=\"color: blue;\">transformed by the renewal of your mind<\/span>, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is <span style=\"color: blue;\">good and acceptable and perfect<\/span>. <b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Corinthians 5:7 <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">Cleanse<\/span> out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, . . .<\/p>\n<p><b>2 Corinthians 7:1\u00a0<\/b><b> <\/b>Since we have these promises, beloved, let us <span style=\"color: blue;\">cleanse<\/span> ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and <span style=\"color: blue;\">make holiness perfect <\/span>in the fear of God.<\/p>\n<p><b>1 Thessalonians 2:10<\/b>\u00a0 You are witnesses, and God also, how <span style=\"color: blue;\">holy and<b> <\/b>righteous and blameless<\/span> was our behavior to you believers;<\/p>\n<p><b>Ephesians 4:24 <\/b>and <span style=\"color: blue;\">put on the new nature<\/span>, created after the likeness of God in true <span style=\"color: blue;\"> righteousness<\/span> and <span style=\"color: blue;\">holiness<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ephesians 6:14 <\/b>Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having <span style=\"color: blue;\">put on the breastplate of righteousness,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Colossians 3:12<\/b> <span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Put on<\/span> then, as God\u2019s chosen ones,<b> <\/b>holy and beloved, <span style=\"color: blue;\">compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Timothy 2:15<\/b> <span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Yet woman will be <span style=\"color: blue;\">saved through bearing children<\/span>, if she continues in faith and <span style=\"color: blue;\">love<\/span> and<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">holiness<\/span>, with modesty. \u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue;\"><b><span style=\"color: black;\">1 Timothy 6:11<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>But as for you, man of God, shun all this; <span style=\"color: blue;\">aim at<b> <\/b>righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. <\/span><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2 Timothy 2:21-22<\/b> If any one <span style=\"color: blue;\">purifies<\/span> himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use,<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">consecrated <\/span>and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions and <span style=\"color: blue;\">aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace<\/span>, along with those who call upon the Lord <span style=\"color: blue;\">from a pure heart<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hebrews 10:22<\/b> let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts <span style=\"color: blue;\">sprinkled<b> <\/b>clean<\/span> from an evil conscience . . .<\/p>\n<p><b>Hebrews 11:4<\/b> By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable <span style=\"color: blue;\">sacrifice <\/span>than Cain, <span style=\"color: blue;\">through which<\/span> he received approval as<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\"> righteous<\/span>, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts;<\/p>\n<p><b>Hebrews 12:11, 14<\/b>\u00a0 For the moment all <span style=\"color: blue;\">discipline<\/span> seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful <span style=\"color: blue;\">fruit of<b> <\/b>righteousness<\/span> to those who have been<span style=\"color: blue;\"> trained<\/span> by it. . . . Strive for peace with all men, and for the<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\"> holiness <\/span>without which no one will see the Lord.<\/p>\n<p><b>James 1:4 <\/b>And let <span style=\"color: blue;\">steadfastness <\/span>have its full effect, that you may be<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">perfect and complete<\/span>, lacking in nothing.<\/p>\n<p><b>James 3:18<\/b> And the harvest of<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\"> righteousness <\/span>is sown in peace by those who <span style=\"color: blue;\">make peace<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>James 4:8<\/b>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: blue;\">Draw near to God<\/span> and he will draw near to you. <span style=\"color: blue;\">Cleanse<\/span> your hands, you sinners, and<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">purify <\/span>your hearts, you men of double mind.<\/p>\n<p><b>1 Peter 1:22<\/b>\u00a0 Having <span style=\"color: blue;\">purified<\/span> your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.<\/p>\n<p><b>1 John 3:3, 7<\/b>\u00a0 And every one who thus hopes in him<b> <\/b><span style=\"color: blue;\">purifies<\/span> himself as he is pure. . . . Little children, let no one deceive you. <span style=\"color: blue;\">He who does right is righteous<\/span>, as he is righteous.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0*****<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Facial composite\u00a0of St. Paul created by experts of the\u00a0Landeskriminalamt\u00a0of North Rhine-Westphalia using historical sources, proposed by D\u00fcsseldorf historian Michael Hesemann (Feb. 2008). 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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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