Q&A 29 Of the Application of Christ

What means doth the Spirit use in applying Christ? A. The external Means he makes use of, is the Ministry of the Gospel, 1 Cor 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollo, but Ministers by whom ye believed?

Is this sufficient of itself? A. No; the Blessing and Power of the Spirit must accompany it, or Christ cannot be applied, 1 Thes 1:5-6 For our Gospel came not unto you in Word only, but also in Power and in the Holy Ghost, and in much Assurance, as ye know ...

I recently read Herman Bavinck's Saved by Grace, which develops these ideas.

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