Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Pitados functions reasonably well for personal trust once the object of faith, Christ, is clearly specified in context.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Object of faith must always be specified as Christ.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Grace as unearned favor cuts against kasekten (earned spiritual potency), wahyu (a conferred mandate), and utang budi (the reciprocal social debt of gratitude Javanese ethics obligates a person to repay).

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Never use kasekten (spiritual/magical potency attributed to sacred objects or ascetics), wahyu (the mystical mandate-light believed to legitimize a ruler), or utang budi (a reciprocal debt of gratitude that Javanese social ethics obligates a person to repay).

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Christ's humanity was fully real physical existence, not a temporary manifestation as sometimes described in Javanese wayang stories of gods appearing among mortals.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not the inner calm sought through spiritual discipline or meditative practice.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace through justification, not the inner stillness pursued through mystical meditative discipline.

  ROM.5.1