I have commended Luther's Commentary on Galatians to the HuberQuest Hive, but they refuse to acknowledge or deal with Luther on John 1:29. He has a brilliant essay in that book on the meaning of the atonement.
The HuberQuesters sound like the four pit bulls on our block. When I go by the fence they bark ferociously at me. Soon they bump into each other and start snarling and snapping at their own. This escalates into such a fight that their owner opens up the back door and yells, "Shaddup out there."
UOJ simply floats by the Means of Grace, because the addled adherents have already bestowed God's grace on everyone - Hindu and Muslim, atheist and polytheist, cannibal and abortionist.
Their claims to represent or teach grace are bogus.
Dennis Boettcher, Kantor (Boettden) Senior Member Username: Boettden Post Number: 1691 Registered: 5-2004 |
The Kokomo Statements are not referenced by the ELDONA theses. True, but if the connections are being made to ELDoNA/Rydecki/Jackson, one needs to consider the Kokomo Statements to understand where these people are coming from. Kokomo takes objective justification to the extreme, IMO. It seems to leave out the subjective aspect of justification - faith wrought by the Holy Spirit. This is why Jackson and his followers make such a heavy-handed emphasis on faith re: justification, to the point that is appears to be "justification by faith" and not "justification by grace through faith" (Ephesians 2:8). If you look at the archives that Rick Strickert provided earlier on this massive thread, you will see that every one of Jackson's followers, to a "T", argue this exact same point. They refuse to answer questions on John 1: 29, and all the rest of the passages in Scripture that refer to Christ forgiving the sins of the whole world, and rather pound the "faith, faith, faith" point home. You can't argue with them. They must all get their talking points from the head-man, and key them into their computers right from their notes. It's weird. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. My church website About my family |
Rev. Belcher seems to be offended by the heavy emphasis on faith that can be traced to the Scriptures.
The word faith occurs 365 times in the Bible, KJV. That does not count believe or faithful.
Heavy-handed! You betcha.
The foundational sin, according to Jesus, is NOT believing in Him. John 16:8.
These lunkheads have a black belt in reciting UOJ talking points, but they are Biblical illiterates and anti-Lutheran apostates.
