Things New and Old: Sola fide fable

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Sola fide fable

(picture was taken from the Protestant Reformation page.)
"Sola Fide stated that
salvation is a free gift
to all who believe through faith."
John 1:12-13, 3:16."

"Sola fide stated that salvation is a free gift to all who believe through faith." John 1:12-13, 3:16."

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Let me rephrase the above; "All who believe through faith - obviously without salvation yet - is given the free gift of salvation."

THIS IS PATENTLY FALSE... for plain and obvious reasons. However, the fable continued to be embraced.

Those without salvation are NOT ABLE to believe in order to get the free gift of salvation. Only those to whom God has FREELY bestowed salvation - effectually called out of their native state of sins and death to grace and salvation in Jesus Christ - are capable of believing.

The effectually called is indwelt by the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of adoption, the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession - who works all the saving graces in God's children. That grace of faith worked in them makes believing possible.

Sola fide, rightly understood, declares that believing in Christ is the only instrument/mean that those whom God has saved can experience the blessedness of their salvation, and not by the works of keeping the ceremonial laws.
See here - https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-popular-protestant-fable.html/

Believing is an effect of salvation; an effect of salvation CANNOT be the instrument in any sense whatsoever to obtain that salvation. That's elementary. An effect manifests the cause just as breath reveals life.

John 1:12-13 and John 3:16 DO NOT teach that fable.

For John 1:12-13 peruse this article

https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2012/07/to-them-gave-he-power-to-become-sons-of.html/

For John 3:16, peruse this article

https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2013/11/john-316-18-excessively-mouthed-but.html/
There are links at the end.

Don't REMAIN one described by Apostle Paul as who is "ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth"; that's a mark of the perilous time we live in. 2Tim 3:7.