Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not national, denominational, or cultural heritage identity.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Luther's 'sola gratia' versus Catholic sacramental grace (Gnadenmittel) is the same word carrying different doctrinal freight; must always reinforce 'apart from merit'.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Luther's 'sola gratia' (Gnade allein) is a Reformation cornerstone.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure; 'rein' alone loses the set-apart sense.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  The personal third Person of the Trinity; no competing deity-concept risk in German culture.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; no competing reincarnation folk-concept in German culture.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; chief risk is secular naturalism reading it as metaphor rather than historical claim.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; low risk of ritual-purification confusion in German culture.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not collapse into monastic withdrawal; biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining engaged in ordinary life and vocation.

  ROM.6.22