--- title: "1 Faith Condition Quotes By Thomas C. Oden" description: "1 Faith Condition quotes by Thomas C. Oden. Plus more from Thomas C. Oden and more Faith Condition sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/thomas-c-oden-31137_christianity_faith-is-not-a-meritorious-cause-of-elec_3131909.jpg" --- > [“Faith is not a meritorious cause of election, but it is constantly attested as the sole condition of salvation. Faith merely receives the merit of atoning grace, instead of asserting its own merit. God places the life-death option before each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/faith-is-not-a-meritorious-cause-of-election-but-it-is-constantly/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/thomas-c-oden-31137_christianity_faith-is-not-a-meritorious-cause-of-elec_3131909.jpg) ## More by Thomas C. Oden > [“God’s holiness without God’s love would be unbearable. God’s love without God’s holiness would be unjust. God’s wisdom found a way to bring them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/god-s-holiness-without-god-s-love-would-be-unbearable-god-s-love/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“The faithful have no dread of using the traditional language of the church. Terms like incarnation and resurrection need to be explained, not avoided.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/the-faithful-have-no-dread-of-using-the-traditional-language-of-the/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Into your hands, 0 Lord, we commit ourselves this day. Give to each one of us a watchful, a humble, and a diligent spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/into-your-hands-0-lord-we-commit-ourselves-this-day-give-to-each-one/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“If God absolutely and pretemporally decrees that particular persons shall be saved and others damned, apart from any cooperation of human freedom, then God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/if-god-absolutely-and-pretemporally-decrees-that-particular-persons/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“God's holiness is not an unloving holiness, and God's love is not an unholy love. It is only by keeping these two primary moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/god-s-holiness-is-not-an-unloving-holiness-and-god-s-love-is-not-an/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“The Spirit of God draws or leads the sinner from one phase to another, gradually, in proportion as one is found having a disposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/the-spirit-of-god-draws-or-leads-the-sinner-from-one-phase-to-another/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Grace works ahead of us to draw us toward faith, to begin its work in us. Even the first fragile intuition of conviction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/grace-works-ahead-of-us-to-draw-us-toward-faith-to-begin-its-work-in/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Faith itself is an act of human willing enabled and disciplined by grace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/faith-itself-is-an-act-of-human-willing-enabled-and-disciplined-by/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“The theater in which God has chosen to meet rational creatures quietly is the inward realm of conscience, moral reasoning, prayer, and study, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/the-theater-in-which-god-has-chosen-to-meet-rational-creatures/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Lord, inspire us to read your Scriptures and meditate upon them day and night. We beg you to give us real understanding of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/lord-inspire-us-to-read-your-scriptures-and-meditate-upon-them-day/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“BECAUSE OF PIETY’S PENCHANT for taking itself too seriously, theology does well to nurture a modest, unguarded sense of comedy. Some droll sensibility is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/because-of-piety-s-penchant-for-taking-itself-too-seriously-theology/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Experiential sanctification is an ongoing process of daily rededication, reconsecration, mortification, and vivification of the whole person to God. It calls for believers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/experiential-sanctification-is-an-ongoing-process-of-daily/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“The church that weds itself to modernity is already a widow within postmodernity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/the-church-that-weds-itself-to-modernity-is-already-a-widow-within/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“Eternal God, the refuge of all your children, in our weakness you are our strength, in our darkness our light, in our sorrow our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/eternal-god-the-refuge-of-all-your-children-in-our-weakness-you-are/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) > [“early modern Christianity is often portrayed as an essentially European religion. This is regrettable because classic Christianity has its pre-European roots in cultures that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/early-modern-christianity-is-often-portrayed-as-an-essentially/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-condition/thomas-c-oden/#itemlist", "name": "1 Faith Condition Quotes By Thomas C. Oden", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Faith is not a meritorious cause of election, but it is constantly attested as the sole condition of salvation. Faith merely receives the merit of atoning grace, instead of asserting its own merit. God places the life-death option before each person, requiring each to choose. The ekletos are those who by grace freely believe. God does not compel or necessitate their choosing. 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In accord with ancient ecumenical consent, predestination was carefully defined in centrist Protestant orthodoxy as: 'The eternal, divine decree, by which God, from His immense mercy, determined to give His Son as Mediator, and through universal preaching , to offer Him for reception to all men who from eternity He foresaw would fall into sin; also through the Word and Sacraments to confer faith upon all who would not resist; to justify all believers, and besides to renew those using the means of grace; to preserve faith in them until the end of life, and in a word, to save those believing to the end' (Melanchthon).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas C. 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