![]() ![]() ![]() the church of God, which He obtained with His own blood." - Acts 20:28 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her." - Eph. You are My friends if you do what I command you." - John 15:13-14 įor the Church ( ". The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." - John 10:11 - note that Jesus categorically states that some are not His sheep - "but you do not believe because you are not My sheep." - John 10:26)įor His friends ( "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. 1:21) įor His sheep ( "I am the good shepherd. ![]() Let me start by affirming that scripture is explicit in saying that Jesus died:įor God's people ( "He was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of My people" - Isaiah 53:8 "He shall save His people from their sins" - Matt. ![]() It acted much like a roadblock in my thinking, preventing me traveling along the road known as reformation highway for a long period of time. One of the biggest hurdles I encountered was my traditional understanding of 1 John 2:2. Those who have read my interview with John Hendryx (here) will know something of my struggle in coming to understand and appreciate the doctrines of grace. ![]()
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