Pierre Michel Bruneau
We are saved by grace alone, not grace and the power of human free will; but by God’s grace alone! A grace of infinite and eternal power which always accomplishes what it sets out to do, and it never fails! The question is not just was the death of Christ necessary, but is it sufficient to save us from all our sins and completely set us free from the ancient curse? That is the fundamentally crucial and pivotal question that is constantly overlooked in current dialogues about Evangelicals and Roman Catholics together! Most people don’t even realize how different the papist and the biblical teaching on the atonement are! The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the merits of Christ’s life and death as well as the merits of all the saint s are now held in this thing called the treasury of merits. These merits must now be applied to us through human works and sacraments, which is so blasphemous because now, they teach that even the benefits of Christ’s sacrifice and his righteous life must be earned! The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the benefits of Christ’s sacrifice are now withheld from you in a reservoir called the treasury of merits which must now be earned by human works, sacraments, indulgences and so many other things which blaspheme against the cross! Christianity says otherwise. Christianity says, if he died for you, you’re his! And there is nothing that can snatch you out of his hand! Because nothing can break the power of his precious blood shed on your behalf! The fundamental question is not just, was the sacrifice of Christ necessary, but is it sufficient? Because the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is not just all that we need to save us from the ancient curse, but it’s all that we have! It’s all that we have! The sacrifice of Christ has saved us for all eternity, as scripture says, “for by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified” (Hebrews 10:14).
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