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The heirs of the Protestant Reformation have emphasized salvation by grace in general and sola fide (“by faith alone”) in particular. It was important for the church to recover the central biblical truth that we are justified by God, that this is an act of God’s grace, and that faith–apart from works–is the means by which we are justified. A related issue is the nature of works–obedience or...

life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.’ Revelation 3:12 and 3:21 similarly speak of those who ‘conquer’. And Revelation 21:7 reads, ‘The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.’ All these texts witness to a key central truth: Christians must ‘overcome’. This is not optional, but is an essential component of new covenant life, the life of a Christian.6 It is worth noting in Revelation 2:7 that to the one who conquers, Jesus
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