Extra Nos is an interesting blog linked on the left (but not the far Left).
LP has been writing about justification. Click here for the latest.
I appreciate how laymen write about justification. They lack all the filters about:
- Who will be offended among my relatives?
- Which professors' toes are being stepped on?
- Will I still get that coveted committee assignment and mileage allowance?
- Which of the 10,000 unwritten rules are being violated?
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Now, there is one thing I don't quite understand around here...
Of all the times we discuss justification, I can't recall a single time that you mention Romans 6, especially verse 23. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus the Lord of us." Isn't that the most succinct description of our justification?
I don't intend to belittle LP's blog post. It's really very good. I like the Calov quote near the bottom.
Although Christ has acquired for us the remission of sins, justification, and sonship, God just the same does not justify us prior to our faith. Nor do we become God's children in Christ in such a way that justification in the mind of God takes place before we believe.
Exactly why it's called a gift from God. The same Greek χαρισμα is used over and over and over in Romans referring to free justification as an act of goodwill - a gift - offered to all.
Mathetes, please explain more fully how Romans 6:23 fits into Christ's doctrine of Justification vs. Universal Objective Justification. Not that I disagree but you seem to see a particular significance which I and others may not.
Rom 5:1
"Having been justified therefore out of faith (ἐκ πίστεως), we have peace facing God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (διὰ τοῦ κυρίου...)" (Rom 5:1)
And now Rom 6:23:
"For the wages of sin is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus (ἐν Χριστῷ᾽Ιησοῦ) our Lord."
Not only is our justification brought about by the instrument of faith, but faith is also brought to us through Christ Jesus, servant that he is. Not only faith it brought to us, but spiritual life is also manifested in Christ Jesus.
It seems that we keep missing the catalyst of our hope. Here we are, hyperanalyzing words of Luther, Theologians, but we don't the scriptures.
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