Comment Link: http://steadfastlutherans.org/?p=4190&cpage=3#comment-282261
Author: John Standley
Comment:
I'm not saying they are like the Papists who reprimanded Luther. I'm saying that they are all open to interpretation according to the Scriptures and the Confessions. Both parties can be promoted as the "mascot" of the UOJ or anti-UOJ position. It's up to the Confessions to see who is interpreting Scripture correctly.
I'm going to have to agree with those who say that because Justification was the most argued point between the Papists and Protestants that obviously Objective Justification would have been covered exhaustively in a separate article. But it wasn't! I think that is profound! To say that one passage of Scripture or the Confessions is grounds for an Objective Justification that imputes righteousness to everyone prior to faith is crazy. The Papists have done the same thing with the book of James who completely interpret it out of the context of the whole of Scripture. To support their claims from James about works righteousness they throw "Synod essayists" at people and say that because of what they say it is true...because those in "power" say it is.
I don't agree with anyone who forms a doctrine from ONE passage among a sea of other contextual passages about justification by faith alone.
To be clear: I agree with those who say that OJ means justification has been won. SJ means that the justification that has been won has been imputed through faith.
I disagree with those who say that OJ is justification imputed to the whole unbelieving world apart from faith (when Christ died and/or was raised). And also that SJ is simply accepting this already declared imputed righteousness.
The brief statement says this: “Scripture teaches that God has already declared the whole world to be righteous in Christ.”
To me, that interpretation of OJ is what I defined as justification being imputed to each and every person on earth prior to faith which therefore negates the need for SJ because it has already been imputed objectively.
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GJ - I do not know who this man is. I have no contact with him. I wanted to quote his statement from Steadfast Enthuisasts to show that people can discern the difference between crypto-Universalism and justification-by-faith.
Meanwhile, Brett Meyer and Dr. Lito Cruz are also making hash out of all the UOJ arguments. I think over 450 comments have been made so far.
The UOJ-widows may wish that their husbands were football fans instead.
