We are going to bring disco back.
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Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Dapper Don Pieper Responds With the Unloving Card":
Don, since I'm the one whose heart you judged, are you saying that you find Pastor Mark Schewe's statement, "As we sit as a fly on the wall, we see that God the Father will have the last word, as he brings about the salvation of all people and exalts his Son to his rightful place as King!", to be faithful to Christ?
Or, that it was wrong but could be understood correctly because it wasn't accompanied by other Universalistic statements?
Many people have excused (W)ELS DP Pastor Buchholz in the same way for his Universalist statements in the 2005 WELS Convention essay where he made the false statement and then immediately contradicted it.
"God has forgiven the whole world. God has forgiven everyone his sins." This statement is absolutely true! This is the heart of the gospel, and it must be preached and taught as the foundation of our faith. But here’s where the caveat comes in: In Scripture, the word "forgive" is used almost exclusively in a personal, not a universal sense. The Bible doesn’t make the statement, "God has forgiven the world."
"God has forgiven all sins, but the unbeliever rejects God’s forgiveness." Again, this statement is true—and Luther employed similar terminology to press the point of Christ’s completed work of
salvation.16 But we must also recognize that Scripture doesn’t speak this way."
"God has declared the entire world righteous." This statement is true, as we understand it to mean that God has rendered a verdict of "not-guilty" toward the entire world. It is also true—and must be taught—that the righteousness of Christ now stands in place of the world’s sin; this is the whole point of what Jesus did for us at Calvary. However, once again we’re wresting a term out of its usual context. In Scripture the term "righteous" usually refers to believers. "
"Here is the legal or juridical nature of justification, revealed at Calvary. The change does not take place in the sinner. The change takes place in the relationship or the status between a sinner and God.2 A verdict has been rendered, which declares man free of sin and guilt, righteous in God’s sight, and worthy of eternal life, for Jesus’ sake."
http://www.wlsessays.net/node/390
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LutherRocks has left a new comment on your post "Brett Meyer Answers Dapper Don":
Christ stands in man's place so he that believes in Him and is baptized will be saved...whoever does not believe will be damned...this is how Scripture speaks.
