The Objective Justification Personality Begins with Deceit To Mask Its Falsehoods

Various hot-spots bubble and heave with Objective Justification wrath:
ELCA
LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic)
Christian News
Lutherquest (sic)
Steadfast Lutherans (sic)

I saw that LCMS Pastor Charles Hendrickson was attempting - on LutherQuest (sic) - the new/old hat trick of reaching in for Justification by Faith and pulling out Objective Justification.




The trick is old in F. Pieper using the terms Objective Justification, Subjective Justification, and Justification by Faith. Given the intended confusion, anything could be concluded.

I and others thought of OJ as the Atonement, but Robert Preus, faithful to his Norwegian Pietism, insisted that OJ is not the Atonement. Objective Justification is the dogma that somewhere, some time, somehow, God declared the entire world absolved of all sin, all the way back to Adam.

So what did sneaky little Hendrickson do to repeat the Pieper hat trick?

Citing Romans 5:1-8! - Hendrickson states, with a straight face and forked tongue (to match his cloven hooves) -

"“Being justified”: That means you have been pronounced righteous before God, your sins have been forgiven, on account of Christ. St. Paul has told us about that in chapters 3 and 4 of Romans. Now in chapter 5, he tells us some of the results, the effects, of our being justified, and what that means for our life. For your life. And it’s a whole new ballgame."

But the opening of Romans 5 is the summary of Romans 4, which uses Abraham as the example of Justification by Faith -

Romans 5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

The only way we have God's grace is through faith in Christ, a matter overlooked in this awkward magic act.

Thirty years after graduating from seminary, Hendrickson boasts that he has not finished the dissertation for his PhD, which means he does not have a PhD. Is it from the St. Louis seminary, recently re-possessed by the Seminex crowd? They were big on Objective Justification too. WELS still quotes Richard Jungkunz (an actual PhD) on the glories of OJ. LCMS still loves him.

 Seminex was also the official seminary of the Metropolitan Community Church, and Jungkuntz chaired the Seminex board. Missouri, WELS, and the ELS love every doctrine but Luther's.

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Charlotte Elliott came from a clergy family, but she was uncertain about salvation, until a pastor used the phrase - "just as you are." Mid-life, she suffered from an illness that left her in considerable pain. She devoted her time to writing and editing material to comfort others. Most people could not name the author of this hymn, but almost everyone knows the lyrics.

When she died, the family found a thousand letters among her possessions, all thanking her for the comfort she provided in her written work. She avoided taking credit to such an extent that one person gave her a leaflet with these words printed on it, to ease her suffering. She was thankful that her words had taken flight.

"Just as I Am, without One Plea"

by Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871

1. Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

2. Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

3. Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

4. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

5. Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

6. Just as I am; Thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down.
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Hymn #388
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: John 6:37
Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1836
Composer, First Tune: George J. Elvey, 1862
First Tune: "St. Crispin"
Composer, Second Tune: William B. Bradbury, 1849
Second Tune: "Woodworth"

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• “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” by Martin Luther
• “Abide with Me” by Henry Francis Lyte
• “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” by Edward Perronet
• “Am I a Soldier of the Cross” by Isaac Watts
• “Awake, My Soul” by Bishop Thomas Ken
• “Calm on the Listening Ear of Night” by Edmund Hamilton Sears
• “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains” by Bishop Heber
• “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” by J. E. Rankin
• “God Bless Our Native Land” by Charles T. Brooks and John S. Dwight
• “How Firm a Foundation” Probably by Robert Keene
• “In the Cross of Christ I Glory” by Sir John Bowring
• “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” by Charles Wesley
• “Just as I Am” by Charlotte Elliott
• “My Country, Tis of Thee” by Samuel Francis Smith
• “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” by Ray Palmer
• “Nearer, My God, to Thee” by Sarah Flower Adams
• “O Day of Rest and Gladness” by Bishop Wordsworth
• “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Bishop Brooks
• “Onward, Christian Soldiers” by Sabine Baring-Gould
• “Rock of Ages” by Augustus M. Toplady
• “Speed Away!” by Fanny Crosby
• “Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus!” by George Duffield
• “Sun of My Soul” by John Keble
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