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| Bethany Kilcrease complained about my cool graphic, which her husband solicited. She admitted it was a cute picture. |
Luther:
"Hence it is certain, that in this way, if all are not saved, yet some, yea, many shall be saved; whereas by the power of "Free-Will", no one whatever could be saved, but all must perish together, and moreover, we are certain and persuaded that in this way, we please God, not from the merit of our own works, but from the favor of His mercy promised unto us; and that if we work less, or badly, He does not impute it into us, but, as a Father, pardons us and makes us better."
Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther, Associated Publishers and Authors, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1971, pg. 149
OJ/SJ puts our salvation under our own will, decision, merit, and work instead of under God's will, mercy, and grace. It also denies Ephesians 1:5 "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will..." It also denies Ephesians 1:11 "In whom we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will..."
In Christ,
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| Knapp - Love me for my Calvinist translator, OJ and SJ, or my teaching at Pietism's mother-ship, Halle University? Pardon if I smirk, WELS and LCMS. |
