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| Luther was not born with a Greek New Testament in one hand and the Hebrew Old Testament in the other. He had to unlearn a lot of error, and he learned the Biblical languages later in life. |
Individuals ask, from time to time, about being in congregation where error is taught, such as the omnipresent Universal Objective Justification, which is the norm for WELS-ELCA-ELS-LCMS-CLC (sic).
The Pietists say, "You must join a pure denomination - ours. All the rest are eeeevul." But as you see, and as they freely confess, the leaders of those groups teach the same ridiculous garbage, and glory in it, as Paul predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2.
Not all the pastors in each group teach UOJ. Some have IQs above room temperature and actually study and think on their own.
But the most sincere ministers are still trained in a terrible climate for learning Biblical doctrine. Some may think they have resisted it, but the influence remains to some degree. For example, practically every Lutheran pastor feels a bit odd about saying the word "faith" and may feel apologetic and defensive even when they know better.
This is where the informed layman, male or female, may ask questions and pursue the issue. After all, what good is this Biblical knowledge if it is not shared in a dark or foggy place?
Some ministers imagine that Objective Justification is just another word for the Atonement, doubtless because Atonement passages are always being cited as OJ (gasp, sigh, roll eyes toward heaven).
And therefore they imagine Subjective Justification means Justification by Faith. But the stolid Stormtroopers of UOJ do not teach that, even though they let people revert to Biblical thinking from hearing the Word and believing what God teaches.
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| Of course WELS teaches Universalism. Buchholz promoted it in his disastrous comedy of false doctrine. "Jesus Saved," past tense, finished, certain, lovingly enshrined in the WELS Holy of Holies - the Essay File. |
Jon-Boy Buchholz denied to my face that WELS teaches Univesalism, and yet he does teach Universalism in his own miserable convention essay (gasp, sigh, roll eyes toward heaven). Confidential to the DP - most people in the world have never heard of you, your grandfather, your district, or your sect.
Therefore, someone can work on getting the issue studied and clarified in the congregation for several reasons -
- WELS taught Justification by Faith in the original Gausewitz Catechism. This continued until the vacuous Kuske catechism introducted UOJ.
- Until the dark reign of Matt the Fatt, the LCMS always taught Justification by Faith in its official catechisms. When challenged on behalf of Justification by Faith, as Pastor V. Harley did, LCMS did not smack him down or discipline him in any way.
- Luther, the Book of Concord, Chemnitz, Gerhard, Calov, and Quenstedt taught Justification by Faith.
- The crepidations of UOJ came from the Pietist era - or Error - and such confused teachers as Rambach, Quistorp, Bishop Martin Stephan, CFW Walther and his devoted disciples.
- The Scriptures teach Justification by Faith, so the New NIV - loved by WELS especially - introduced an "all" to Romans 3, so they could read "all are justified" in their Synagogues of Satan.
Luther did not organize another church - Rome kicked him out. His approach was to teach the Word of God and let the Holy Spirit do its work - and the Spirit did just that.
Below is a graphic that has been viewed about 110,000 times. The words of Luther certainly apply when considering this doctrine - The Chief Article of the Christian Religion.
