{"query": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consist", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_fa1b8a8871c5", "title": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that our salvation consists in the remission of our sins for Jesus Christ's sake, and that therein our righteousness before God is implied; as David and Paul teach us, declaring this to be "}, {"id": "card_n_0de2ff4d9799", "title": "O God, Our Help in Ages Past", "shelf": "hymns", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O God, our help in ages past,\nOur hope for years to come,\nOur shelter from the stormy blast,\nAnd our eternal home.\n\nUnder the shadow of Thy throne\nStill may we dwell secure;\nSufficient is Thine arm al"}, {"id": "card_n_4f062674a2e5", "title": "Psalm 68 — Psalm 68", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.>> Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts"}, {"id": "card_n_a97b8c218d05", "title": "Belgic Art. 22: Our Justification through Faith in Jesus Christ", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that, to attain the true knowledge of this great mystery, the Holy Ghost kindleth in our hearts an upright faith, which embraces Jesus Christ with all his merits, appropriates him, and seek"}, {"id": "card_n_e4a081bb7fed", "title": "Belgic Art. 3: The Written Word of God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We confess that this Word of God did not come by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Afterward God, from a special care which he has for us and our salvati"}, {"id": "card_n_9cf408db924a", "title": "Belgic Art. 2: By What Means God Is Made Known", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We know God by two means: first, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe — which is before our eyes as a beautiful book; second, more clearly and fully by his holy and divine Wor"}, {"id": "card_c_8060214b4cb4", "title": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_f5454c2816a2", "title": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_66f9d23a5a97", "title": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists references Paul", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Paul (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_d6ff3d1006a6", "title": "Belgic Art. 21: The Satisfaction of Christ Our Only High Priest, for Us", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that Jesus Christ is ordained with an oath to be an everlasting High Priest, after the order of Melchisedec; and that he has presented himself in our behalf before the Father, to appease hi"}, {"id": "card_n_01fa9e92e9a9", "title": "1 Corinthians 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,\n2. to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called sain"}, {"id": "card_n_13002c646fe4", "title": "Belgic Art. 29: The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs from the False Church", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that we ought diligently and circumspectly to discern from the Word of God which is the true Church, since all sects in the world assume to themselves the name. The marks: pure preaching of"}, {"id": "card_n_7e927528cb6b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_002: And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come"}, {"id": "card_n_ed8a06e8e6d9", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_12_019: For although we find no time before it, for wisdom was created before all thi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For although we find no time before it, for wisdom was created before all things; not that Wisdom which is altogether equal and coeternal unto Thee, our God, His Father, and by Whom all things were cr"}, {"id": "card_n_91b5471c94ae", "title": "Belgic Art. 8: God Is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe in one only God, who is one single essence in which are three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — really, truly, and eternally distinct."}, {"id": "card_n_e5c0cda9157a", "title": "Belgic Art. 34: Holy Baptism", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood. Therefore he has instituted in its place the sacrament of bap"}, {"id": "card_n_50ed97c85320", "title": "Belgic Art. 5: Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive Their Dignity and Authority", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We receive all these books, and these only, as holy and canonical for the regulation, foundation, and confirmation of our faith. The authority does not rest on the church, but on the testimony of the "}, {"id": "card_n_20cbc81f02a6", "title": "Psalm 90 — From Everlasting to Everlasting", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<A Prayer by Moses, the man of GodThe Hebrew word rendered \"God\" is \"Elohim.\".>> Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had fo"}, {"id": "card_n_3e0feabde3ae", "title": "Belgic Art. 35: The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and confess that our Saviour Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the sacrament of the Holy Supper to nourish and support those whom he has already regenerated and incorporated into his fa"}, {"id": "card_n_14f20aaddc9b", "title": "Belgic Art. 1: There is One Only God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God — eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, per"}]}