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A little off topic but...Here's a passage from Luther that destroys the UOJ interpretation of Romans 5:18-19.
(NAS) Romans 5: 18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
Luther wrote:
"(v. 18) Here the Apostle says 'all'; first, because as all who are begotten of Adam are born again (through faith) in Christ; and secondly, because as there is no carnal begetting except through Adam, so also there is no spiritual begetting except through Christ. (v. 19) Here the Apostle speaks of "many" and not of "all" to show that the emphasis is not on the number of the sinners or the righteous, but on the power of sin and grace. If sin proved itself so powerful that a single transgression has perverted many, or rather all, then divine grace is much more powerful; for the one act of grace (Christ's atonement) can save many, indeed all men, of many sins, if they only desire it."
(Martin Luther, Commentary on Romans, trans. Theodore Mueller, 1954, Zondervan, pg. 97)
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GJ - Update from The Little Sect on the Prairie - One pastor has condemned his own member on Facebook for failing to see justification and reconciliation as synonyms. That is the foundation of the ELS-WELS-LCMS-ELCA error. They make the Atonement the forgiveness and salvation of all people for all time.
Intuitu Fidei Page
"Moreover, Ben seems incapable of understanding that our Lutheran Fathers used certain terms as synonyms, not the least of which are "Reconciliation" and "Justification."
Not only do I give everyone permission to quote what I have written here, I urge and encourage everyone to do so anytime they see Ben post anything whether it is true or false. He presents himself as a teacher--as one who thinks he knows something. He is trapped by his own conceit."
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Pope Steven Brockdorf
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GJ - The Lutheran Fathers seem to be limited to Bishop Martin Stephan, the syphilitic user of young women; Walther, the American Calvin, "saved by Stephan"; and the carefully chosen and appointed hod-carriers of Walther.
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