person’s life.”151 Ethics describes the concretizing of the kingdom of God in humanity; the origin, growth, and completion of Christ’s body;152 in other words, how, from beginning to end, on the foundation of and by means of God’s acts for us and in us, the regenerated community comes into being. Ethics is the truth about our internal and external sanctification (Daneau),153 the art of living unto God (van Mastricht),154 the art of fruitful, godly living and dying well (Pictet).155 The distinction
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