Matt Harrison's LCMS Has Proven Its Calvinism Once Again. Geneva Won - Lutherans Lost to Lily-Livered Apostates

 Do you remember Calvin from the last post?The LCMS would make him so proud today.

Examine the Biblical passages about Justification here.

 On the other hand, Calvin is so appealing to rationalists in the ELCA, LCMS, WELS, ELS, and the Calcified Legalistic Cult.

Missouri's CTCR has published a giant bolus of compost on its long-suffering pastors and members, in honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. Slide (WELS) wrote a brilliant article on Lutheran disasters on the Reformation anniversary years.

Copied below - skills learned from Paul McCain - are the key slides from an endless "study" to be foisted upon the grieving, scattered, and confused members of the Synodical Conference (RIP).

Slide 41

•All the world is redeemed, forgiven and reconciled because of Christ’s death and resurrection.

–2 Cor. 5:18–19 and Rom. 5:19

•God’s wrath is stilled; Satan (all evil) is defeated.

–1 Thess. 1:10 and Col. 2:14–15

•In Christ, righteousness and forgiveness are won and sinners are reckoned as righteousness.

–Heb. 10:12

Slide 42

•So objective [general] justification is forgiveness Christ won for all (2 Cor. 5:19–21).

–His work is an objective reality — salvation and forgiveness for the world is accomplished, independent of any other human action or merit.

•And subjective [individual] justification is this same forgiveness as it is received through faith by individuals (Gal. 2:16; Titus 3:3–7).

–The individual “subject” is justified, born again.

The Calvinist Woods explained the words of Halle Pietist Knapp with these two terms, Objective Justification and Subjective Justification. These terms got translated back into German and Walther liked them very much. The key term is the world absolved of all sin without the Word, without the Means of Grace, without faith - just like Calvin's Unlimited Grace.

The rationalistic piffle of Missouri's great and wise has no relationship to the Scriptures, Luther, or the Book of Concord.

Like Karl Barth and ELCA, Missouri merges the Atonement with Justification by Faith, which is why John Sparky Brenner uses the term Justification of the World - God has declared the entire world free of sin.

JP Meyer taught this abomination for years, and WELS cheerfully republished his book, which was the source of three of the Kokomo Statements.

 This is a fine explanation of UOJ from Edward Preuss, who became a major figure in the Church of Rome after publishing his abomination on The Justification of the Sinner. Yes, the book title sounds nice, so lovely, but the words mean God has absolved all atheists, pagans, and cannibals of their sin for all time, even before birth.

Some things not mentioned or given adequate treatment by the LCMS:

• The efficacy of the Word
• The Means of Grace
• Luther's Justification by Faith
• The Augsburg Confession and the Apology
• Martin Chemnitz on Justification by Faith
• Andreae on Justification by Faith
• Chemnitz on Justification by Faith
• Gerhard, Calov, and Quenstedt on Justification by Faith
• Walter's copying of Bishop Martin Stephan's dogma
• Walther's insistence on election without grace to prop up his Easter Absolution (OJ) debacle
• Eerie parallels with Walther and Calvin.

How Do the Lutheran Leaders Respond to Justification without Faith, Election without Faith?

Total Depravity (also known as Total Inability and Original Sin)
Unconditional Election - Walther's Election without Faith
Limited Atonement (also known as Particular Atonement)
Irresistible Grace - Walther's Justification without Faith
Perseverance of the Saints (also known as Once Saved Always Saved)

Calvinist Corner

 Walther seemed to think that attacking faith in Christ equaled praise for the grace of God, but one does not oppose the other. Walther wrote in the style of Calvin, as if he alone glorified God with his peculiar (albeit second-hand) notions.

Harrison's election (without faith) campaign consisted of praising all his alleged influences as the bulwark of LCMS dogma. Luther? Melanchthon? Chemnitz?

To be Steadfast Lutherans, one must promote the Calvinism of Walther and shun the Means of Grace in Luther. Wilken once denied being pals with McCain, but now wants to build a statue to His Corpulence, Paul the Plagiarist.
Minute mark 36.00 for Wilken's statue announcement.

Shh. I am hunting wascally wabbits that mention Ichabod.

Let us promote Walther's Justification without Faith while selling Roman Catholic books that identify true Christian doctrine with faith plus works.

Tis funny how the LCMS has bred so many mini-popes who hate one another, though knit together by election without faith. UOJ and rude behavior seems to be their common ground.

The Little Sect on the Prairie is fanatical about Justification without Faith, their history of Norwegian Pietism in perfect harmony with Calvinism. They persecuted B. Teigen for being a Lutheran - and now host the "Teigen Reformation Lectures," so give them credit for hypocrisy.

 WELS' Zarling decided that Calvin's concept of Justification  was the "Diamond of the Reformation, the Chief Article, the Master and Prince, the judge of all articles of Christianity." But his UOJ diamond has one enormous flaw - Justification by Faith is the Chief Article.

 Bivens copied the Zarling flaw, without giving credit.
In academic circles, that is plagiarism.
At Mordor, that is scholarship.

 I am not sure where this bishop is on doctrine.
One must be a 32nd degree ELDONUT and kiss the episcopal ring to attend their parties (no wives, no aspirants, no postulants, no laity) - so we can only guess. This blog has never called them NUTS - but DONUTS.

 The undersigned is an expert on DONUTS.

 Some of my research is still being used today.

Pope Pius XIII Has Begun His Book Tour

Interest in Comey's delusions of piety might be slight - good thing the media are there to swell the numbers at Barnes and Noble. I see a chipper B&N staffer and two indifferent shoppers. Pope Pius XIII, a modern Goliath.

ChurchMouse has published some dated complaints about Attorney General Sessions being too slow, too timid, etc. I highly recommend The Art of War, where such things as deception are explained. This is a global conflict. Sessions earned a nickname - The Silent Executioner - when he was a prosecutor.

An avalanche of prosecution is about to drop. Normally I would not get into the news, but this also involves child trafficking and the harvesting of organs - adults, children, unborn - for huge profits. On the battlefield a soldier is worth as much as $500,000 for spare parts, whether fresh dead or still alive. There is more to the story, which I will not get into. The trade is global and must be stopped, along with the nefarious activities that are associated with it, such as body chemicals harvested for regaining youth.

People need to stay tuned to the news on the Internet and forget the pablum and features of the mainstream media. We are now at a turning point for world history. If we continue on the present path of demonic, occult, and pagan practices, we will destroy America and take the world down with us.

This Spectator article names FBI officials facing prosecution instead of prosecuting suspects. There are many similar news outlets that are tracking the stories, plus hints from Q about what is coming soon. The Q posts come from military intelligence and require a good deal of translating and additional study.

The Oracle of Delphi spoke in riddles so the resident prophet interpreted the meaning of the sayings for the visitor. There are many sources for interpreting the Q posts. The media are ignoring this trend because it is independent of the managed news.

As we can see from church politics, the inept and corrupt surround themselves with weak and incompetent people. The church situation has developed ahead of the disaster in secular politics, but with the same results. Sadly, the institutional church has led the way and cheered for the sorry state of our nation.

This Day in History

Arkansas college's finances evidence at kickback trial

The kickback allegations also involve $550,000 of the more than $717,500 in state General Improvement Fund grants Ecclesia received from 2013 through 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice contends.

Arkansas college's finances evidence at kickback trial:



"The government did not request a copy of the college's long-range strategic plan to put into evidence, both Benca and defense attorney Shelly Koehler of Fayetteville brought out in cross-examination of Novak. Koehler is an attorney for Shelton. Yet the long-term plan is what the college was fundraising for, Novak testified under Benca and Koehler's cross-examination.

Ecclesia executives, including him, expected Shelton's efforts to take at least two years to begin to bear fruit, Novak testified. Little over a year passed between Shelton's first contract and the appearance of federal investigators at Paris' office, case records show.

News of the investigation, with federal agents first interviewing Paris in late 2014, also cut off enrollment growth, Novak testified. The college had as many as 130 students on campus before the investigation and has about 100 now, he said. Properties bought by the improvement fund grants were for additional student housing, but the need eased because enrollment went down, he said.

 A staff recruiter told the blogger that the costs were still $30,000 for a student to attend Ecclesia, with Third World dorms, no sports facilities, a tiny library, and this strange combo-building as its main location. They already had plenty of land, but spent all the money on kickbacks and 50 more acres for a shrinking enrollment.

Woods directed a $200,000 grant to Ecclesia in September 2013, grant records show. Neal, of Springdale, supported a $50,000 grant to the college and Woods another $150,000 in December 2014, also according to grant records. The amount of money Woods is accused of receiving as a kickback isn't specified in the indictment. It claims much of that money was paid in cash, except for one transaction made to Woods by wire transfer for $40,000.

In one transaction, Paris authorized $50,000 to Shelton's firm on Sept. 27, 2013 -- the same day Paris signed an agreement for the college to accept a $200,000 state General Improvement Fund grant, the indictment says. Shelton used the $50,000 that day to open an account for his business, which had been incorporated the day before, the document reads.

Less than a week later, on or about Oct. 1, 2013, Shelton transferred $40,000 by wire from that business account into the personal bank account of Woods, according to prosecutors. Defense attorneys have said the money transfers to and from Woods were loans and money to pay back loans."

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WELS Genius Lessons - Still Flunking Grammar and Spelling

WELS News

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Prayers and God's Blessings for the changes that are taking place with the Time of Grace broadcasts. After Easter Sunday 2019, Pastor Mark Jeske will be transitioning out of the role as lead speaker on the Time of Grace television program. As part of that transition, and to capture the next generation of viewers by injecting new energy into their core message, the role of lead speaker will be assumed by Pastor Mike Novotny of Appleton, Wisconsin—a stellar and talented pastor who adheres to the same messages of spiritual growth and renewal they’ve proclaimed all along. You may already be familiar with Pastor Mike because he has been a Time of Grace contributing writer, a regular speaker on the Your Time of Grace video devotions, and a host and occasional speaker on the Time of Grace television program. Production will be moving to 922Church The CORE in Appleton. In fact, filming already began there in early January 2018. Pastor Jeske's letter, in it's (sic) entirety, is below. We thank Pastor Jeske for his faithful service to our Lord through this ministry for the past 17 years and we welcome Pastor Novotny.

 Jeske must be exhausted from giving the same "We ran out of Germans" lecture for the last 20 years.

GJ - it's means - it is.

To show possession, use its. I thought all the Mordor graduates were genius level linguists.

 

GJ - I find it amusing that they still pretend The CORE is a separate congregation when it is just another campus for the Tim Glende show.

Paul Defeats UOJ in the Introduction to Romans

 By Norma A. Boeckler

Romans 1 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. KJV

16 ου γαρ επαισχυνομαι το ευαγγελιον του χριστου δυναμις γαρ θεου εστιν εις σωτηριαν παντι τω πιστευοντι ιουδαιω τε πρωτον και ελληνι

17 δικαιοσυνη γαρ θεου εν αυτω αποκαλυπτεται εκ πιστεως εις πιστιν καθως γεγραπται ο δε δικαιος εκ πιστεως ζησεται

Last night we worked on Romans 1 in Greek.

One point I made was that the Christian Church does - or should not - declare doctrine based on a few words, or a partial verse, or even a favorite verse by itself.

The Bible teaches one doctrine, not many doctrines, so there are no bargaining chips. The Scriptures are the Book of Holy Spirit, one Truth revealed by God.

One of the old rules is often stated in seminary class but seldom observed - Scripture interprets Scripture. If we have trouble with the meaning of a passage, the "bright" passages illuminate the "dark" ones. The Word is quite plain, but given our era, our inclinations, our traditions, some passage may seem dark to us until compared to one more helpful. 

I am convinced that many passages called "hard sayings" are especially clear and easy to teach once they are explained properly from the Word of God.

Universal Objective Justification - or just plain Objective Justification - is taught as "God declaring the entire world forgiven and saved" - based on Paul's teaching. Romans 1 is a good example of that dogma being exploded in advance, as the Gospel of John does many times over.

Do the sleeping sheep wonder why the "conservative" Lutherans celebrated the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation without saying Justification by Faith Alone? Instead, they slighted Luther as much as possible while selling Luther trinkets and gee-gaws.

Paul clearly teaches that the Gospel of Christ is the efficacious power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.

If we look at word order in the original text, which is often an indication of emphasis -

• Gospel of Christ
• Power of God
• For salvation
• Everyone who believes.

  By Norma A. Boeckler

That is why the current crop of crypto-Calvinists - neo-rationalists all - fuss around with if/then statements and all their little slogans that fill their little minds. They have completely given up the efficacy of the Word and no longer trust the Gospel to do the work of the Holy Spirit, so they turn to gimmicks, cheesy music, and the latest trends sold by the Fulleroids (a Fuller student who is a pain).

Paul teaches that the Gospel belongs to Christ and is the unique power of God that grants salvation to those who believe, Jew and Greek alike.

  By Norma A. Boeckler

Verse 17 is somewhat mysterious to those who lack a KJV or the Greek text of Romans. We are justified by the faith of Jesus. 

Romans 3 22 δικαιοσυνη δε θεου δια πιστεως ιησου χριστου εις παντας και επι παντας τους πιστευοντας ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη - Stephanus edition

But the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all and upon all those believe, for there is no difference - Jackson Literal

22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: KJV

Did Jesus not have faith? We should not overlook His human nature. We say He grew thirsty, hungry, angry, and amused - that He suffered and died. Did He not have faith in God the Father, that what was commanded and taught by the Father must be carried out and taught by Jesus?

The moderns are influenced by the spirit of Calvin, so they make up a grammatical rule and say, "According to our rule, that must be faith IN Jesus." A genitive (of Jesus) is a genitive. There is no way to determine if Paul meant an objective or subjective genitive, a category we apply after the fact. I did not know - until being at Mordor in Mequon - that defining a genitive could answer a doctrinal question. 

So I think this verse is best answered by saying the righteousness of God is first revealed in the faith of Jesus and then creates faith in us (the Faith of Jesus Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes).

The entire Bible is about faith, not unfaith. If we want to discover salvation without faith, we have to start with Calvin's election without faith, which sounds strangely like Walther's election without faith. 

And holy moly (a Greek herb, by the way) - Samuel Huber, a Calvinist in Lutheran clothing, taught Objective Justification at Wittenberg until Polycarp (fruitful) Leyser and Hunnius crushed him like a bug.

 Someone can kidnap three people, steal land and gold and books after organizing a riot, and still be called The Great...? Only in the LCMS.

Intuitu Fidei Election In View of Faith by Schmidt Lenski and Gohdes - Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry – "Faithful to the Reformation"

 The Missouri Synod has a long history of using Calvinistic source to prove the inerrancy of the Bible, and many German-trained pastors used American Calvinistic books to learn English better. Look at Otten's constant bowing and scraping to Calvinistic Evangelicals.

Intuitu Fidei Election In View of Faith by Schmidt Lenski and Gohdes - Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry – "Faithful to the Reformation":



"Calvinism’s “doctrines of grace” make unconditional election the first cause of a person’s salvation. In contrast, the Book of Concord places justification by faith at the center of orthodox Christianity.

In 1881 Missouri Synod president C. F. W. Walther split the Synodical Conference by insisting that “‘faith foreseen by God flows from election’; or in other words, that the persevering faith without which no sinner can be saved has its source in election.”1 Many Missouri pastors along with those in the Ohio Synod led by Matthias Loy claimed that Walther’s new doctrine was more Calvinistic than Lutheran. The conflict became known as The Predestination Controversy.

This book examines the Lutheran symbols, their writers and early teachers to see if they teach election in foresight of faith.

“This article [justification by faith] is, as it were, the fortress and chief bulwark of the whole Christian doctrine and religion. If this article remains inviolate, the perversions of the other articles will cease of themselves.” – Chemnitz"

Play the Ballad of Herman Otten one more time, Matt.
They caught his buddy looking at himself in the monitor.

The Bible One Harmonious Whole

“We Lutherans do not consider the several articles of the Gospel as fragments, without connection and mutual affinity, which constitute the one faith once delivered to the saints merely because of their common revelation in the Bible. We believe, on the contrary, that the one faith delivered to the saints forms a harmonious whole, of which the constituent parts are so adjusted as to possess mutual agreement and inner cohesion.

“We, accordingly, do not see in the doctrine of justification an isolated doctrine… No, we make this doctrine the norm and center of our doctrinal system, so that, like a sun, it throws light upon the whole Scripture and all articles of faith. The Holy Spirit Himself has placed this doctrine as a divinely ordained rule in the service of hermeneutics, when He says: “Let us prophecy according to the proportion of faith.” (According to the analogy of faith; Rom. 12:7)

Harassing Yourself With The Secret Counsel of God

“Therefore no one who would be saved, should trouble or harass himself with thoughts concerning the secret counsel of God, as to whether he also is elected and ordained to eternal life, for with these miserable Satan is accustomed to attack and annoy godly hearts. But they should hear Christ (and in Him look upon the book of life in which is written the eternal election); who testifies to all men without distinction that it is God’s will that all men who labor and are heavy laden with sin should come to Him in order that He may give them rest and save them (Matt. 2:28; Decl. XI)

But if God wills that all men should come to Christ and be saved, it surely must have been His will to elect them all in Christ unto salvation, provided they would believe. The actual “election”, therefore, has taken place with strict regard to faith in Christ. All who shall believe, whether they be all men, or many, or only a few, whether they be Jews or Gentiles, these or those – all believers in Christ shall have part in the election in Christ. All non-believers, however, shall be excluded. For on one hand God has ordained in His counsel to restore all those who in true repentance and faith apprehend Jesus, unto grace, sonship and heirship and to elect them thereto. On the other hand He has ordained in His counsel also, to save no one except those who believe in His Son Jesus Christ. Hence where He did not foresee faith, He did not choose to elect; where He was to elect. He wanted to foresee faith. For it was as true then as it is today: “Without faith it is impossible to please God” and to be restored unto grace, sonship and heirship, or to be ordained thereto.

Apostasy is any doctrine which doesn’t ‘rhyme’ with Justification by Faith Alone

“Any doctrine that cannot be ‘rhymed’ with the doctrine of justification, bears on its face the brand of apostasy from the one revealed truth and stands disclosed as a false interpretation of Scripture. For this article of justification is ‘the chief topic of Christian doctrine, which, understood aright, illumines and magnifies the honor of Christ (which is of especial service for the clear, correct understanding of the entire Holy Scriptures, and alone shows the way to the unspeakable treasure and right knowledge of Christ and alone opens the door to the entire Bible. (Apology IV)

Contents (448 pages)

• Introduction to the Original Edition
• Part I. What Were The Contents Or The Substance Of The Doctrine, Taught By Our Lutheran Church Fathers, That God Elected In View Of Faith?
  • Introductory Remarks.
    • 1 Over against Romanism
    • 2 Sola Fide and Intuitu Fidei
    • 3 Dr. Samuel Huber and The Intuitu Fidei
    • 4 Correct Understanding of Testimonies
    • 5 Missouri’s New Discovery
    • 6 Missouri Claims to Hold the Doctrine of Luther and Chemnitz Concerning Predestination and also Rejects It.
    • 7 Meeting of the Synodical Conference in Chicago
    • 8 Quotations From Orthodox Publications and Teachers on “Election in View of Faith”
  • A. Authors Of The Formula Of Concord.
    • David Chytraeus
    • Christopher Koerner
    • Martin Chemnitz
    • Selnecker
  • B. Original Subscribers And Defenders Of The Formula Of Concord.
    • AEgidius Hunnius
    • The Wittenberg Faculty
    • John Wigand
    • The Wuertemberg Theologians
    • Matthew Vogel
    • G. Mylius
    • Stephen Gerlach
    • Daniel Arcularius
    • John George Sigwart
    • Luke Backmeister And Jacob Coler (and Chytraeus)
    • David Lobech
    • John Winckelmann.
    • Adam Francisci.
    • Polycarp Leyser.
    • Solomon Gesner.
    • Wolfgang Mamphrasius.
    • John Pappus.
    • Andrew Schaafmann.
    • Philip Nicolai.
    • John Habermann (Avenarius).
    • Matthias Hafenreffer.
    • Luke Osiander.
    • John Coler.
    • Matthew Vogel.
    • Concluding Remarks.
  • C. The Immediate Pupils Of The Subscribers Of The Formula Of Concord.
    • Introduction.
    • Leonhard Hutter.
    • Frederick Balduin.
    • John Weber.
    • David Runge.
    • George Stampel.
    • Joachim Zehner.
    • Esaias Silberschlag.
    • Wolfgang Franz.
    • Balthasar Mentzer.
    • Peter Piscator.
    • John Schroeder.
    • Luke Osiander, Jr.
    • Albert Grauer.
    • John Foerster.
    • John Gerhard.
    • Justus Feuerborn.
    • Nicolas Hunnius.
    • Conrad Dietrich.
• Part II. Departures From the Confession
  • I. Did Our Lutheran Fathers Depart From The Confession By Teaching, That The Election Of Certain Persons Took Place In View Of Faith?
  • II. Does Missouri really contend that our fathers have departed from the Lutheran Confession with their doctrine of “election to salvation in view of faith”?
    • Northern District and Professor Fritschel
    • Professor Stoeckhardt. Philadelphia Faculty. Lehre und Wehre.
  • III. Did Missouri Hold To Her Present Doctrine in 1872?
    • “Correct Understanding” of a Symbol
  • IV. Colloquy in Columbus, 1879, and Following It
    • Scripture, Fathers, Confession.
    • Huberian Controversy
    • Three Definitions of Election
    • Church of the Formula of Concord knew of no Election to
    • Salvation Except of Believers
    • Testimony of Wittenberg Men
    • Testimony of Rostock Men
    • Tuebigen and Stuttgart Schools, Wuertemberg
  • V. Scriptures, Ordination to Salvation, Acta Huberiana, Wuertemberg Men
    • Specific Election
    • Regard to faith – Wittenberg and Wuertemberg Men
    • Election and Subsequent Will
    • Grace of God and Merits of Christ the Complete Cause of Election
    • Did Rostock, Wittenberg, Tuebingen Know the Lutheran Definition of Election?
• Part III. Is The Doctrine That God Has Elected Men To Salvation In View Of Faith Found In Our Lutheran Confession?
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Intuitu Fidei Found In The Book of Concord
    • 1 The Augsburg Confession and Election
    • 2 The Apology and Election.
  • III. The Formula of Concord.
  • IV. The Eleventh Article.
    • Election in Detail
    • Trend of the Eleventh Article Against Calvinistic Election
    • Revealed and Hidden Will of God
    • Definition of Election
    • Election of Grace
    • Formula of Concord – Order of Salvation
  • V. Missouri Guilty of Misusing the Confession.
    • Third Thesis, 1879
    • Formula of Concord and Man’s Conduct
• About the Author - Frederick Augustus Schmidt
• About the Translator - Richard C. H. Lenksi
• About the Translator - Conrad B. Gohdes

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