By Malcolm Foley and Justin Hawkins
(originally published on Justin’s blog)
We dream neither of a faith devoid of good works nor of a justification that stands without them…Do you wish, then, to attain righteousness in Christ? You must first possess Christ; but you cannot possess him without being made partaker in his sanctification, because he cannot be divided into pieces.
– John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 3.16.1
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