Monthly Archives: February 2021

The Ascension of Jesus refers to Jesus Christ bodily ascending to heaven in the presence of his apostles, forty days following his resurrection. This miraculous event is attested in the New Testament, specifically Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:1-12. The event transpires after Christ’s bodily resurrection following his atoning death and sacrificial atonement for […]

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live’” (John 11:25). My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) offers an exposition upon “The Resurrection of Jesus” (p. 1653). Therein it notes: Jesus’ resurrection was a divine […]

My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) offers an exposition upon “Christ the Mediator” (p. 1910). Therein it notes: The New Testament teaches that Jesus was entirely free from sin (John 8:46; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 7:25; 1 Pet. 2:22; 1 John 3:5). This assertion means not only […]

As the Apostle Paul said, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) offers an exposition upon “Christ the Mediator” (p. 1910). Therein it notes: The saving ministry of Jesus […]

The Great Commission finds its mandate in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of […]

Christians believe that Christ is God, or more specifically He is subsumed in God, as one of the three distinctive persons of the triune godhead. The term Deity emanates from the Latin deitatem or “divine nature”, a term espoused by Augustine of Hippo from deus (“god”). Each person of the godhead has a particular role […]

R.C. Sproul notes the following about Creation in The Essential Truths of the Christian Faith (Carol Stream, IL: 2011), p. 61-65:

My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) offers an exposition upon “Jesus Christ, God and Man” (p. 1660). Therein it notes: Trinity and Incarnation belong together. The doctrine of Trinity declares that Christ is truly divine; the doctrine of the Incarnation declares that the same Christ is also fully […]

My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) offers and exposition upon “Faith and Works” (p. 1962) as it pertains to “Salvation” and “Sanctification” of the Christian believer. Therein it notes: Faith is the means or instrument by which a person is saved. Christians are justified before God by faith […]