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| Without a twinge of conscience, the Dead Last Lutherans moonwalk from the actual Augsburg Confession to the dogma of Halle Pietists. Did Luther, Melanchthon, or the Concord editors call UOJ the Chief Article, the Master and Prince? Do your homework, Dr. Edmon. |
"We cannot justify ourselves for we are sinners. Our works are insufficient to pay for our sins for they lack the perfection necessary for atonement. Blessedly, Christ died on the cross for our sins, living that perfect life that was necessary for our salvation. By this act of objective justification, we are able by faith to receive the forgiveness of sins that Christ won on the cross. This subjective justification is not subjective because of our feelings or our opinions but is subjective in the classical sense, being delivered to a specific person. This complete work of Justification, you being declared righteous before God, is Christ’s work alone. All of this comes by faith alone (Romans 3-4).
UOJ is the Chief Article - Says Edmon, Zarling, and Bivens
The Doctrine of Justification is the pillar on which the Church stands or falls. This is the beating heart of the Augsburg Confession, the whole Book of Concord, and in fact all Christian doctrine. The entire Augsburg Confession leads up and flows from this article. Without this article, all other theology is useless as we are still in our sin and under God’s wrath. But with this article, all other theology becomes useful and profitable to study. One simply cannot understate the importance of this article, both for the Reformation but also for all of Christianity. It is what makes us Christian and children of God because it is what Christ accomplished for you to make you His brothers and sisters."
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| Romans 3 teaches Justification by Faith, not UOJ. No wonder so many laity are dead-in-the-wool Halle sheep: their false teachers betray them and call it The Chief Article. |
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GJ - I am not sure why LutherQuest (sic) writes about a conservative Lutheran reallignment when they are already alligned with ELCA. The Dead Last Lutherans discussion mob is nothing more than navel-gazing Walther fans.
How far we have progressed. During the Reformation era, when an education was very expensive and rare, they expected Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz to earn doctorates in theology to have credibility in teaching.
But the LCMS-ELS-WELS place their greatest trust in a kidnapper, riot organizer, thief, and adultery enabler - whose education was limited to a bachelor's degree: CFW Walther.
- Walther redefined Justification to make it fit his Halle-trained bishop and his own allegiance to Pietism.
- Walther conned the Missouri Synod into calling F. Pieper, who simply repeated the Halle rationalism of Walther, with copious helpings of Latin.
- Walther set in motion a philosophy that he was the ultimate judge of all doctrine, the Book of Concord, the blessings of human slavery, and other oddities. He is the Great Prophet who interprets everything today, which is the chief source of the Synodical Conference woes and its allignment with ELCA, another creation of Pietism.
- These impoverished Midwestern sects have little Biblical grasp because they still depend on the thetical statements favored by Walther, hiding his ineptitude in Biblical exegesis. Valleskey (WELS) used the same tap-dancing skills to walz his dull students into Church Growth veneration.
