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Marco,
Yes you are right.
In the KJV the ones being justified freely by his grace points back to the "upon all them that believe". This is the context.
Yes indeed, all these who believe have sinned, yet they are the ones who are justified.
Here is where Calvinism and UOJers get things wrong.
When the Bible speaks of ALL human beings, the Calvinist misses this and limits it to believers.
When the Bible speaks of ALL believers, the UOJer misses this and extends this to the whole world.
In other words, UOJers and Calvinists are united in their mistake on how ALL is to be interpreted, just that they are opposites of each other.
The proper way is to interpret ALL as referring to all human beings when the Bible clearly says so. Then also interpret ALL as referring only to believers when the Bible clearly says so. The context clarifies this.
LPC
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GJ - Concise and correct. Thank you Dr. Cruz.
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Good call, Lito. Here is a freaky fact for you. I have a Study Bible that has a clear and concise explanation for JBFA...I had a recent meeting with a WELS pastor. When I read it to him, he said it was limited atonement...go figure...
The way that certain fanatics destroy the text of Romans 3 utterly boggles my mind. It is more than clear from an honest, plain reading of the text that St. Paul's point in this passage is to demonstrate that "there is no difference" between Jews and Gentiles, "for all have sinned." Paul's point is that Christ's Word, work, and justification are not only for Jews, but also for Gentiles. This is why Romans 3 ends with the thought that: "Is God . . . not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the *CIRCUMCISED BY FAITH AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED THROUGH THAT SAME FAITH*" (emphasis added). This is the context that the Holy Spirit through St. Paul is driving at. He is not creating some pseudo-universalistic justification; rather, he is demonstrating the limitless nature of the Atonement and the ability that ALL men have to receive the benefits of justification through faith.
Joe,
It shows how the UOJ cult has penetrated the minds of people in the establishment. The phenomenon is something I have seen before when I had to work on a recent convert from cultic group.
It takes a great deal of effort to wean these people out of Waltherian Antinomianism, specially if the person happened to by a Synodical pastor.
LPC
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