Walther Taught Decision Theology - And J. P. Meyer Taught the Same

"For God has already forgiven you your sins 1800 years ago when He in Christ absolved all men by raising Him after He first had gone into bitter death for them. Only one thing remains on your part so that you also possess the gift. This one thing is--faith. And this brings me to the second part of today's Easter message, in which I now would show you that every man who wants to be saved must accept by faith the general absolution, pronounced 1800 years ago, as an absolution spoken individually to him."
C. F. W. Walther, The Word of His Grace, Sermon Selections, "Christ's Resurrection--The World's Absolution" Lake Mills: Graphic Publishing Company, 1978 p. 233. Brosamen, p. 138. Mark 16:1-8.

"Objectively speaking, without any reference to an individual sinner's attitude toward Christ's sacrifice, purely on the basis of God's verdict, every sinner, whether he knows about it or not, whether he believes it or not, has received the status of a saint. What will be his reaction when he is informed about this turn of events? Will he accept, or will he decline?"
J. P. Meyer, Ministers of Christ, A Commentary on the Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1963, p. 103f. 2 Corinthians 5:18-21.

These two statements should make Missouri and WELS put on their sackcloth and ashes. They replicate what Knapp taught at Halle University. Walther and J. P. Meyer come closest to Babtist Decision Theology here, but Babtists would never say that babies are born without sin, already forgiven, etc.

The numbskulls at LutherQueasy cannot grasp this. Only A. J. Loeschman realizes the implications of their Objective Justification myth. Also, Kevin Vogts opened a Lenski and verified what I have said many times before, that the New Testament scholar tried his hand at bridging the gap. I find that quite comical, because the densest UOJ advocates are always denouncing Lenski and anyone who reads Lenski, showing they have never read more than a few sentences of the commentaries - if that.

One even ventured to offer the popularity fallacy - no group endorses justification by faith today, so they must all be right. The trouble with arguing popularity is identification of the truth with popularity. Thus the will of God is revealed by the masses.

Historically, UOJ is new to Lutherdom, since it comes from the Pietists. UOJ is also new to the Syn Conference, at least in Missouri and WELS. Missouri taught justification by faith in its old German catechism and still teaches it in a current catechism (KJV) they sell. I just bought one.

WELS always taught justification by faith in its Gausewitz catechism, which was by no means confined to the Wisconsin Sect. Gausewitz was a respected leader of the Synodical Conference. His catechism seems to have been the dominant one in WELS until they got rid of him for the Kuske UOJ version.

In the quotation above, Walther says - All you need to do is believe in what I just said, that everyone has already been forgiven.

Meyer says the same in different words. The "fact" of everyone forgiven is stated. Will the listener accept or decline?

The UOJers have to go through all kinds of contortions to harmonize their delusions with the Word of God. They lack any concept of the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace, so they only make matters worse when they yak, and the yakking never stops.

Here is the remedy, which can be found in all the Lutheran writings--and the Bible!- until the Pietists merged the atonement with justification, just as they amalgamated Calvinism and Lutheranism.

1. We are born sinful, believers, captive to original sin.
   
2. Only the Gospel can make a difference in our state.
   
3. The power of the Word is so great that the Holy Spirit converts us through the Promises of God, whether we are babies (infant baptism) or converted later by hearing the Word.
   
4. The Holy Spirit creates faith, which receives the righteousness of Christ. That is why one section of the Formula of Concord is called The Righteousness of Faith. Perhaps LutherQueasy should start a new discussion site - ChemnitzQueasy.
   
5. This faith is nurtured by the Word, in preaching, teaching, and communing.
   

LutherQueasy pastoral work is well illustrated by what DP Robert Mueller admitted. His VP was exposed as an adulterer. The VP confessed and got a promotion. He asked DP Mueller to lie for him and tell everyone he was resigning because of depression. DP Mueller agreed to lie, after assuring the lout that he was already forgiven. Thus the Gospel is perverted and destroyed by UOJ. There is no genuine contrition because everyone is already forgiven. The "Gospel" is just a universal excuse and reason to go on in defiance of God's Word.

Deceit and sanctimony are the watchwords of the UOJ sorority.