Psychological Transactions
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ISBN13: 9780217538541
Paperback|9780217538541
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FAITH IN CHRIST. 1. It is clear that no one can be saved except by faith in God. 2. That no one can be saved except through Christ. 3. The question is asked, whether we are saved solely by faith in Christ. 4. The answer is, that a distinction must be made between those who know of Christ, and those who do not know of Him. They who know of Christ, or who are Christians, cannot make any distinction between Christ, and God or the Father; hence they cannot be saved except by faith in Christ, since this faith is the same as faith in the Infinite. So true is this, that they who do not have faith in Christ, or, what is the same thing, who deny Christ, cannot be saved; for faith cannot be separated, and be faith in God and not at the same time in Christ. But they who do not know that Christ came into the world, can still believe in God or in the Infinite, and hence not deny Christ. Hence also they can be saved; for their faith is faith both in God and in Christ, since they do not deny, because they do not know. But this salvation cannot be wrought save through Christ; for He suffered for the whole world, ?both for those who know Him not, and for those who know Him. Therefore salvation is wrought through Christ alone. 5. Before Christ, not one thousandth part of the Jews believed that such a Messiah was to come, ?a Messiah who would have care solely for souls; but they expected a Messiah] who would have empire over the whole world. Therefore, they could not be saved; for salvation is not wrought save through Christ. 6. Had Christ been born in some corner of the world, so that He would have been known to none, then men could nevertheless have been saved by faith in God; but there is no salvation save through Christ. 7. It pleased Him to show Himself, that He might tell a.
| ISBN-13 | 9780217538541 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217538541 |
| Weight | 1.14 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.79 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 352 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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