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The Worthlessness of Creature Merit, Part I

June 5, 2019 by John J. Grosboll

Discussions may be entered into by mortals strenuously advocating creature merit, and each man striving for the supremacy, but they simply do not know that all the time, in principle and character, they are misrepresenting the truth as it is in Jesus.

The Worthlessness of Creature Merit, Part II

May 31, 2019 by John J. Grosboll

By dwelling upon the love of God and our Saviour, by contemplating the perfection of the divine character and claiming the righteousness of Christ as ours by faith, we are to be transformed into the same image.” Testimonies, vol. 5, 744.

The Worthlessness of Creature Merit, Part III

April 26, 2019 by John J. Grosboll

What is our only hope of salvation? Ellen White declared: “My only hope is in a crucified and risen Saviour. I claim the merits of the blood of Christ. Jesus will save to the uttermost all who put their trust in Him.”

The Worthlessness of Creature Merit, Part IV

April 25, 2019 by John J. Grosboll

Some people think we are destroying their religion when we say that all we have to do is put our trust in the merits of Christ. No, we are not destroying their religion. We are revealing the true religion.

Merit or Grace

January 23, 2018 by John J. Grosboll

“The Lord Jesus imparts all the powers, all the grace, all the penitence, all the inclination, all the pardon of sins, in presenting His righteousness for man to grasp by living faith—which is also the gift of God.”