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| The Faith of Jesus, Amazon |
KJV Romans 3:22 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:
δικαιοσυνη δε θεου δια πιστεως ιησου χριστου εις παντας και επι παντας τους πιστευοντας ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη
KJV Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
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:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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I ran across this stumbling block for Objective Justification blockheads some time ago, saw a website and then an academic book - The Faith of Jesus - on this ignored topic.
This skandalon does not trigger unfaith but destroys Enthusiasm and nurtures faith.
This is their key argument, their only argument - "God pronounced the entire world forgiven, absolved, and saved" at some point in time (still to be resolved, like whether Mary was assumed into heaven before or after death).
As my Greek students know, an anarthrous phrase (without the article "the") calls attention to itself. My best rendition in English is using the dash: Jesus-faith in this case, water-Spirit baptism in John 3.
This phrase is not an accident or typo - Paul used it in Galatians and Philippians. However, it is largely overlooked. Richard B. Hays studied at Yale Divinity, wrote his dissertation on the topic at Emory and taught at Yale, elevated to a named professorship at Duke. His book is highly regarded.
The advantage of Ft. Whiners is their lack of New Testament Greek and their reliance on theses independent of the Scriptures.
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| ELCA Presiding Bishop Liz Eaton - her incredible powers to shrink her synod and seminaries has caught on with LCMS-WELS-ELS. Lead on! with ambiguous genders and unambiguous dogma. |
But their little fad will join the rest of the Ringwraiths as their rush to save the One Ring that rules them all. Note who controls it now.
This verse is central to Justification by Faith and destroys all attempts to claim anyone is justified or declared righteous without faith. Please note that their seldom-mentioned Subjective Justification is just as much opposed to faith as OJ is. Why? Because SJ only means "agreement, even making a decision for Justification without Faith."
To paraphrase Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who knew more Greek than all the Ft. Whiners put together - Jesus graciously gives His faith to believers in justification.
"Thus we see that even our faith is not ours in its origin: but is the faith of the Son of God graciously communicated to us." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This also explains "from faith to faith" (Romans 1:17) -which has puzzled New Testament expositors.
The faith of Jesus emphasizes His human nature. Knowing the torture and humiliation ahead of Him, the desertion of the disciples, the jeers of the opponents, Jesus' faith led Him forward to complete the will of His Heavenly Father. As my mother reminded me decades ago, He prayed "Take this cup from Me. But not My will, but Thine."
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| Hays, The Faith of Jesus |
Contrast the faith of Jesus with the hideous dogma revealed in the following books, adored by Missouri, WELS, and ELS alike.
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| Everyone is saved, Yahoo! |
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| Make a decision! |
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| Make a decision! |
