These are the benefits of being a Gospel believing Christian.
What does the Catholic church offer? What are the benefits of Calvinism? What does any religion offer? Try, NOTHING. There are no benefits in religion.
Only in the Gospel do we receive all of the gifts of God, and then besides all of the above we receive the blessed Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is only given to those who believe and have faith in Christ and his Gospel, plus nothing.
The Gospel is all that we need.
JUSTIFICATION: We are justified by the doing and the dying of Jesus. In our name and on our behalf Jesus fulfills God's Holy Law for us, Romans 3:26, In our name and on our behalf Jesus atones for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2.
RECONCILIATION: We are reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. Not just us, but the whole world. God accepts the doing and the dying of Jesus in our name and on our behalf. This is how we are reconciled unto God.
SANCTIFICATION: We are sanctified by being "In Christ". God sees all that have faith in Christ and his Gospel "In Christ". We are "In Christ" and Christ is in heaven, Ephesians 2:6. It is finished, we are complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10.
REDEMPTION: We who are Christians have been bought, 1 Corinthians 6:20. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, which condemns us to hell. "He who knew no sin, became sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
GLORIFICATION: Glorification is the results of being justfied, reconciled, sanctified and redeemed. "We will be like him, for we shall see him as he is". When Christ, WHO IS OUR Life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with him in Glory, Colossians 3:4.
What does the Catholic church offer? What are the benefits of Calvinism? What does any religion offer? Try, NOTHING. There are no benefits in religion.
Only in the Gospel do we receive all of the gifts of God, and then besides all of the above we receive the blessed Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is only given to those who believe and have faith in Christ and his Gospel, plus nothing.
The Gospel is all that we need.
JUSTIFICATION: We are justified by the doing and the dying of Jesus. In our name and on our behalf Jesus fulfills God's Holy Law for us, Romans 3:26, In our name and on our behalf Jesus atones for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2.
RECONCILIATION: We are reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. Not just us, but the whole world. God accepts the doing and the dying of Jesus in our name and on our behalf. This is how we are reconciled unto God.
SANCTIFICATION: We are sanctified by being "In Christ". God sees all that have faith in Christ and his Gospel "In Christ". We are "In Christ" and Christ is in heaven, Ephesians 2:6. It is finished, we are complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10.
REDEMPTION: We who are Christians have been bought, 1 Corinthians 6:20. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, which condemns us to hell. "He who knew no sin, became sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
GLORIFICATION: Glorification is the results of being justfied, reconciled, sanctified and redeemed. "We will be like him, for we shall see him as he is". When Christ, WHO IS OUR Life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with him in Glory, Colossians 3:4.