Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 168
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Top Highlights
“Grace is not simply something God gives us; it is God giving us Himself. Grace is much broader than most Christians are aware. It is the place where Christians live (Rom. 5:2); geography is identity. And as 1 Corinthians 15:10 makes explicit, it is a power at work in us. Paul’s freeing statement on identity—‘By the grace of God I am what I am’—shows that grace will not leave us as we were. Grace is a power that engages us in work and that works in and on us. Käsemann is correct in pointing out that we cannot have the gift apart from the Giver, and to be related to the Giver is to be energized by His power and grace.2 Grace put Paul to work. Grace that does not change and energize is grace never known. If work does not result, grace has not been experienced.” (Pages 260–261)
“A focus on identity allows us to put thinking and being back together. Christianity is not about thinking the faith. Theology is useless unless backed up by life. If we proclaim a gospel that does not lead to doing, we proclaim an alien gospel. Being does not exist without doing. We are what we do, no matter what we say. Identity cannot be shaped or exist without doing. Nor is there a necessary sequence from thinking/being to doing. There is a reciprocal action. Sometimes we learn first and then do; at other times—and probably most of the time—we do first and then learn.” (Page 9)
“Second, a hermeneutics of identity focuses on the goal of reading and seeks to keep central the realization that the ultimate and central question is always, ‘Who are you?’ and the answer is in how God views humanity, especially humanity as God intended in Christ. A hermeneutics of identity is not self-centered; it is a focus on the relationship of the individual to God, the source of human identity.” (Page 18)
- Title: Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 168
- Author: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Series: Bibliotheca Sacra
- Publisher: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:GS_BSAC_168
- Resource Type: Journal
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