Grace Beyond Ability
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Grace Beyond Ability (Contents)
Part 1 – The God Who Judges Rightly: Justice and Mercy in Harmony Part 2 – Before Understanding: Infants, the Unborn, and the Incapable Part 3 – Original Sin and Divine Grace: From Adam to Christ Part 4 – Faith, Repentance, and Confession: Receiving What Grace Provides Part 5 –…
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Part 1 – The God Who Judges Rightly: Justice and Mercy in Harmony
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction The question of how God deals with those unable to comprehend or respond—such as unborn children, infants, or people with severe cognitive limitations—inevitably draws attention to His nature. To understand divine…
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Part 2 – Before Understanding: Infants, the Unborn, and the Incapable
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction If God’s justice is always righteous and His mercy unfailing, how does He respond to those who never reach moral or intellectual maturity — such as miscarried and aborted children, newborn…
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Part 3 – Original Sin and Divine Grace: From Adam to Christ
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction To understand why all people share the consequences of sin yet remain objects of divine mercy, one must grasp the biblical relationship between Adam and Christ. Adam stands as the head…
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Part 4 – Faith, Repentance, and Confession: Receiving What Grace Provides
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction If divine grace is the foundation of salvation, human response is the doorway through which that grace is received. Grace, in its universality, reaches every human; but it becomes personally effective…
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Part 5 – Grace Beyond Conscious Faith: When Belief Is Humanly Impossible
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction Having established that salvation is grounded in divine grace and personally received through faith, repentance, and confession (Part 4), we now turn to a crucial question:What happens when faith itself is…
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Part 6 – Ignorance and Accountability: “They Know Not What They Do”
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction In every generation, the moral weight of ignorance has provoked theological reflection: Can someone sin without knowing it?This question becomes most urgent when considering those who act wrongly without full comprehension…
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Part 7 – Intercession and Declaration: Two Dimensions of Forgiveness
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction The Gospels reveal Jesus speaking of forgiveness in two distinct ways.At the Cross, He prays, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).Elsewhere, He declares directly, “Your…
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Part 8 – From the Cross to Pentecost: How Jesus’ Prayer Was Fulfilled
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction When Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34), He was not uttering sentiment but initiating redemption.That prayer was both intercessory (appealing for mercy) and…
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Part 9 – Grace and Knowledge: The Measure of Divine Judgement
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction If grace is universal in offer but individual in reception, then divine judgement must be measured according to knowledge and opportunity.Scripture repeatedly affirms that God does not judge arbitrarily but weighs…
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Part 10 – The Realm Perspective: Divine, Earthly, and Corrupted Justice
Series: Grace Beyond Ability – The Justice and Mercy of God Toward the Helpless and the Ignorant 1. Introduction Having explored divine justice, mercy, and the proportional measure of judgement, this final part situates these doctrines within the Triadiverse cosmology — the three-realm model of Divine, Earthly, and Corrupted realities.Through…