The Revelation

"God is the Lord and has revealed Himself unto us; blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord" (Psalm 118:26-27). The first foundation of Christian doctrine is found in this biblical line: God has revealed Himself to us. God has shown Himself to His creatures. He has not disclosed His very innermost being, for this innermost essence of God cannot be grasped by creatures. But God has truly shown what men can see and understand of His divine nature and will. The fullness and perfection of God's self-revelation is found in His Son Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the gradual and partial revelation of God in the Old Testament. Jesus is the one truly "blessed... who comes in the name of the Lord."

The Virtue Known As Repentance

It is always possible to make a new start by means of repentance. "For a righteous man may fall seven times, And rise again" (Proverbs 24:16). And if you fall again, then rise again, without despairing at all of your salvation, no matter what happens. So long as you do not surrender yourself willingly to the enemy, your patient endurance, combined with self-reproach, will suffice for your salvation. "For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient," says St. Paul, "...not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us." (Titus 3:3,5)

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