Friday, May 20, 2011

Hove - God Speaks to Us Through the Means of Grace,
Acts Upon Us


"In the Word of God there is not only a speaking about God, but in and through His Word God Himself speaks to us, deals with us, acts upon us. Therefore the Word of God is also an efficacious means of grace through which God regenerates, converts, and sanctifies man. This efficacy the Word of God possesses always; it is always united with the Word, never separated from it."
E. Hove, Christian Doctrine, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1930, p. 27.