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| No, Paul damns them to Hell for denying the Gospel, the Chief Article, which is Justification by Faith. Look up the Battle of Cannae. |
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| ELCA-ELS-WELS-CLC leaders cannot see themselves as humble Huber hacks. |
Romans 10 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
The Scriptures and Confessions teach about the righteousness of faith, never about the righteousness of unfaith, yet the ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC leaders swoon over their own righteoussness of unfaith.
Oh-oh, the righteousness of faith is εκ πιστεως δικαιοσυνη, anarthrous, so it is more of a compound word, faith-righteousness. "But faith-rigteousness speaks this way..."
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
The Word is rema, which belongs to God. And Paul calls it το ρημα της πιστεως ο κηρυσσομεν - the Word of faith that we proclaim. I thought the Apostle Paul proclaimed the word of Unfaith. The paid shills of UOJ keep insisting on that, and JP Meyer is quoted in support of that dogma, in awe, in wonder, in a state of ecstasy.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
I thought Lutherans got rid of "if" statements! The liberal, modernistic theologians all say that an "if" statement is contrary to grace, which is where the herd of Walther donkeys congregate, around bankrupt Calvinism.
οτι εαν ομολογησης εν τω στοματι σου κυριον ιησουν -
I see homiletics ομολογησης there, the art of preaching, but here it means if you (singular) confesses - like John the Baptist. the Fourth Gospel - "Objection, yer honor. This is second person singular, and we know the true dogma is Universal salvation first, you all, second plural. I studied Greek!"
πιστευσης (2nd singular) εν τη καρδια σου οτι ο θεος αυτον ηγειρεν εκ νεκρων σωθηση (2nd singular)
Once again, this is second person singular, If you (singular) believe God raised Him from the dead, you (2nd singular) will be saved (2nd singular).
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
But this is always the righteousness of faith in the Scriptures.
11 For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.Verses 11-13 are beautiful, clear, parallel statements that show what we believe is also what we call upon and confess out loud. So Paul asks a question and answers it with the Means of Grace, primarily preaching.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Now we begin to smell the pot roast. For all these good things to happen, there must be a preacher, something like a town crier in the olden days.
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? τη ακοη ημων?
This report is the preaching of the Atonement in Isaiah 53, where this same term τη ακοη is used in the Septuagint, the report heard.
That is certainly true - not all have obeyed. The robed resistance is firmly entrenched in the sewers of the "Lutheran" sects, which they call Synod Headquarters and Our Beloved Seminary and Our Mission Board.
Report is signficant, the center of the argument. But report is a bit weak for
τη ακοη ημων - because report comes from the verb for hearing. Using our church terms, it is more like hearing the preached sermon.
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
Forgivenes and salvation only come through individual faith. The Gospel is not Universal Forgiveness and Salvation without Faith - but the Atoning death of the Messiah for the sins of the world. The donkey-clowns of UOJ always say, "UOJ is not the Atonement." That is the only thing they can get right - everything else is the raucus braying of fools, ignorant fools who hate the Gospel, despise the Means of Grace, and abhor Luther.
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| Fifty years of teaching false doctrine at Mordor makes one a saint whose precious ramblings must be reprinted and endorsed by Panning, lest they be lost to history. |
