grace
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Christian theology centers on God’s love and redemption while condemning sin, highlighting the need for salvation due to human imperfection. Jesus’s sacrifice offers hope, reconciling believers with God through faith, not deeds, leading to eternal life.
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Baptism signifies God’s covenantal work, not human effort. It parallels Old Testament circumcision, both pointing to Christ’s redemption. Both are acts of divine grace, symbolizing judgment and salvation.
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The idea that man should have to renounce the law for the source of his moral strength and for his righteousness before God contradicts at its very core the Jewish doctrine concerning the object of the law and the inner connection between law and sin.