Mike Riccardi (@MikeRiccardi_)

“For despite all the outcry of modern times against that doctrine, it is written in heaven and is a sure and precious truth to he received by all the faithful, that we are justified by faith through the righteousness of Christ Jesus imputed to us. (1/4)...

“Theologians through the years have called this Christ’s ‘active obedience.’ “In other words, Christ’s work on our behalf did not begin at the cross. All His life, He was fulfilling all righteousness in every way. (1/4)...

“The fire that burns and does not burn out [Ex 3:2], which has no tendency to destruction in its very energy, & is not consumed by its own activity, “is surely a symbol the One Being, whose being derives its law & its source from itself, who can only say—‘I am that I am’—(1/7)...

If we believe in eternal generation—that the Father eternally communicates the undivided and underived divine essence to the Son—are we somehow saying the Father brought the Son into existence? How can the Son “receive” the divine essence if He always had it? (1/10)...

Scripture communicates the truth of the eternal generation of the Son— the concepts of consubstantiality and fromness— not only by the use of the terms 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘰̄ and 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦̄𝘴, but also by the use of different figures as well: radiance, image, and Word. (1/13)...