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Lately, I can’t get enough of the Puritans

Category: Theology

“I am His by purchase and I am His by conquest; I am His by donation and I am His by election; I am His by covenant and I am His by marriage; I am wholly His; I am peculiarly His; I am universally His; I am eternally His.”
-Thomas Brooks

Posted Tuesday, April 1st, 2003 at 3:44 am
Filed Under Category: Theology
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no name
April 1st, 2003 at 9:29 pm

That is great, but does this continue through to every aspect of you life? Do the saying mean anything in your life? Is it a true representation of who you are?

tom
April 2nd, 2003 at 8:53 pm

Interesting questions.

I’m not quite sure what exactly they mean, but I am guessing that they go along the lines of “do [or how do] you apply these ideas to your life?”

That is great, but does this continue through to every aspect of you[r] life?
Yes. I suppose it does affect every aspect of my life in some way or another. To me, the quote is about Identity and Posession; we (His Church) are who we are because of Him and we belong to Him.

Do[es] the saying mean anything in your life?

Sure. I believe that this quote reflects well (and in the same type of language the Bible uses) the redeeming power of Christ’s love for His Bride. As a part of that body, I take comfort when the Scriptures say “I am my beloved’s and he is Mine.”

Is it a true representation of who you are?

As part of the Bride of Christ, yes, these things are true of me. In fact, the veracity of these statements do not depend on me or what I do, but rather who Christ is and what He has done. His purchase and redemption are particular and eternal. I am who I am only because of who He is.

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