OK, they still call it Christian News, for its pan-denominational coverage, but OJ is Calvinism.
The Reformation issue is devoted to the Brief Statement, the last belch of the Pieper Era.
OJ Pastor Emeritus Steve Flo thinks he is in a battle to protect Lutherdom, but from what? He only knows Objective Justification (without Faith) and does not comprehend Romans 4, not at all.
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Scripture teaches that God has already declared the whole world to be righteous in Christ, Rom. 5:19; 2 Cor. 5:18-21; Rom. 4:25;
This Brief Statement is the black heart and tortured soul of the LCMS and its siblings, the ELS, WELS, and the CLC (sic).
It was bad enough to pass this piece of political tripe (which includes Election without Faith), but generations of people with Hebrew, Greek, and the KJV have completely overlooked how crooked the above passage is.
Romans 4 uses Abraham as the example of Justification by Faith. The conclusion in the chapter is Romans 4:24-25, not the half-verse. That is the exegetical equivalent of "the dog ate my homework."
Romans 4: 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he [Abraham] was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
The Apostle Paul summarized Romans 4, as a transition, to state clearly what he meant in his Abraham example. OJ fanatics, because they are liars, will not use the term Justification by Faith.
I have been following CN this year - mostly out of curiosity - and have found almost no examples of "Justification by Faith" in all those wasted pages. The "Means of Grace", as a term, is also missing. So is the "efficacy of the Word". The CN authors slobber and drool for OJ, but cannot name the Biblical words or confess the Chief Article - from the Book of Concord.
Luther, Melanchthon, and Chemnitz agreed on Justification by Faith, the Chief Article.
But WELS genius professors Mark Zarling and Frosty Bivens imagine and bray that OJ is "the Chief Article. OJ is the Master and Prince - the lord, the ruler, and the judge!"
So Zarling and Bivens quote Luther to reject Luther and the Scriptures. What devilish games they learn in their secret GA initiation rites!
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| The Formula of Concord editors admonished readers to study Luther's Galatians for additional insights about Justification by Faith. Has Phil Hale? No. Has Steve Flo? No? Has Dave Scaer? No. Has Matt the Fatt? No. Has Mirthless Mark Schroeder? No. Has Pope John the Malefactor? No. |
