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The Christian Book of Concord thoroughly condemns the false gospel of Universal Objective Justification that Jon Buchholz teaches, defends and violently forces upon the clergy and laity of the (W)ELS.
Note here that the Lutheran Confessions only acknowledge two ways in which Justification is used in Christ's Word and neither of which teach that unbelievers are in any sense ever justified, forgiven or absolved by God.
Also, 71] "but we maintain this, that properly and truly, by faith itself, we are for Christ's sake accounted righteous, or are acceptable to God. And because "to be justified" means that out of unjust men just men are made, or born again, it means also that they are pronounced or accounted just. For Scripture speaks in both ways. [The term "to be justified" is used in two ways: to denote, being converted or regenerated; again, being accounted righteous. Accordingly we wish first to show this, that faith alone makes of an unjust, a just man, i.e., receives remission of sins".
http://www.bookofconcord.org/defense_4_justification.php
In these last days the WELS, ELS and LCMS have, once again, displayed their true confession and exposed themselves as the enemies of Christ and His Church.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/10/intrepid-lutherans-pastor-paul-rydecki.html
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GJ - Today I was thinking about how little Walther believed his own dogma of universal absolution. According to the hagiographies, which make the felon into a saint, he deeply regretted his kidnapping episodes and thought himself unworthy to be a pastor. How could he feel guilty when he was already righteous?
Walther was never a Lutheran, but remained a Halle Pietist in love with his own opinions, using Luther as a rabbit's foot.
Years later, he "confided" that Bishop Stephan's adultery was Mrs. Stephan's fault. For real belly laughs, consider this - Walther the Cell Groupie - thought Stephan was a bit of a Pietist.
