XVI.
The Gift of the Son
God demonstrated His infinite love by sending His Son to die and rise again for our justification and eternal life.
XVI. We believe that, by sending his Son, God intended to show his immeasurable love and goodness toward us, handing him over to death and raising him to fulfill all righteousness and obtain heavenly life for us.✦✦✦
Read the original French
XVI. Nous croyons que Dieu envoyant son Fils, a voulu montrer son amour et bonté inestimable envers nous, en le livrant à la mort, et le ressuscitant pour accomplir toute justice et pour nous acquérir la vie céleste.
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.3.16;Gal.4.4;Rom.8.3 — For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. Gal.4.4 — But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Rom.8.3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
- ↩Rom.8.32;Rom.4.25 — He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Rom.4.25 — who was handed over because of our trespasses and was raised because of our justification.
- ↩Matt.3.15 — But Jesus answered him, "Permit it now, for it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted him.
French Confession of Faith (Confession de La Rochelle / Gallican Confession) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit