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Ignoring the Context has spawned
the greatest lie of
“sola fide”
The Protestant Reformation
Part 8 of Biblical Hermeneutics. This is the one which I assume most of you guys would know, context is VERY important. One verse can be so easily out of context, that's because the other verses before and after are ignored like Rev 3:20, is Jesus knocking on the door of your heart? NOPE.
8 - Biblical Hermeneutics, The Importance of Context
This lesson discusses 3 different types of context (historical, grammatical, Scriptural) and the…
Sing F Lau
Indeed, context is VERY important.
EVEN SO, the CONTEXT of justification by faith.
Ignore the context and sincere people end up believing the fable that an unjustified man is justified by God through his faith.
EVEN SO, the CONTEXT of justification by faith.
Ignore the context and sincere people end up believing the fable that an unjustified man is justified by God through his faith.
Leanne
What is the context surrounding this? Please expound further.
Sing F Lau
The context of justification by faith"
- IT IS NOT how a condemned sinner is declared righteous by God; to this, the answers of Scriptures is PLAIN and CLEAR. It is freely by God's grace WITHOUT the condemned man doing anything. Man's faith is NOT in the equation of God justifying the ungodly and condemned sinners.
- IT IS how a child of God, one whom God HAS ALREADY justified, regenerated, and adopted, can experience the blessedness of his justified state (wholly and solely by the free grace of God).
- it is not through observing the ceremonial laws;
- it is simply believing.
- Apostle Paul marshalled Abraham as the classic example; he experienced the blessedness WITHOUT observing the ceremonial laws.
- The context of "justification by faith alone" was Apostle Paul's battle against the errors of the Jewish believers who insisted that the Gentile believers need to keep the ceremonial laws.
- Apostle Paul demonstrated to them that Abraham experienced that blessedness WITHOUT observing them.
- What took place in Gen 15:1-6 is NOT God justifying a condemned sinner, it is how Abraham, a man ALREADY justified by God, EXPERIENCED the blessedness of his justified state; it is simply by believing.
Take a look here:
THINGS-NEW-AND-OLD.BLOGSPOT.COM
A popular Protestant Reformation Fable
The Protestant Reformation
Sing F Lau Are you saying you deny Sola Fide - Justification by faith alone? If so, this is a very serious heresy that you are promoting. You would be outside of orthodox Evangelical Christianity.
Sing F Lau
Have you made the slightest effort to understand my last comment?
I do most certainly deny the sola fide popularly understood, I affirm the sola fide biblically understood as set forth in the last comment. Sola Fide must be understood it is proper CONTEXT!
I do most certainly deny the sola fide popularly understood, I affirm the sola fide biblically understood as set forth in the last comment. Sola Fide must be understood it is proper CONTEXT!
You do well to understand the full doctrine of justification. It is a multifaceted doctrine. Sola fide (biblically understood) is a small fraction of the whole doctrine. I doubt you understand what I have just said because all you know is sola fide.
The Protestant Reformation
Sing F Lau Please do, then explain the sola fide you claim to believe.
Sing F Lau
I have explained endless times. Go and read some if you are interested.
Justification by faith popularly understood is a fable and a doctrine of the devil. I'm deadly serious. I stand by these words.
For a starter, read the article linked in the comment above.
For a starter, read the article linked in the comment above.
A popular Protestant Reformation Fable
The Protestant Reformation
Sing F Lau, This is taken from the London Baptist Confession of faith, of justification.
Do you disagree with this? If so, why?
Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies,1 not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous;2 not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone;3 not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing Christ's active obedience unto the whole law, and passive obedience in his death for their whole and sole righteousness by faith,4 which faith they have not of themselves; it is the gift of God.5
Sing F Lau
You asked why. Here is my answer. Will you read it and understand it?
Take a look here. I have made an exposition of 1689.11 - The Doctrine of Justification - as summarized in the 1689 CoF.
The honour is yours to show me where I'm not sound.
You asked why. Here is my answer. Will you read it and understand it?
Take a look here. I have made an exposition of 1689.11 - The Doctrine of Justification - as summarized in the 1689 CoF.
The honour is yours to show me where I'm not sound.
You can read it here. You will learn something. Read it.
THINGS-NEW-AND-OLD.BLOGSPOT.COM
The Doctrine of Justification - as summarized in the 1689 CoF
May the Lord grant you understanding.
May the Lord grant you understanding.
The Protestant Reformation
Sing F Lau "Both the Calvinists, as well as the Arminians, fail to recognize this BASIC fact, and end up conditioning their justification before God upon their faith! What a gross and grievous error!"
Wrong. We are justified by God, the faith is a mere instrument that receives the justification. Gen 15:6, Romans 4. Talks about this. I hope you are just misunderstanding because if you disagree with the Reformation doctrine of Sola Fide you are on dangerous ground possibly being a heretic.
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Reformed Doctrine, Theology and Apologetics.
Romans 1:17 seems pretty clear to me
Sing F Lau
I repudiate the reformation doctrine of sola fide popularly understood; I uphold and defend the biblical doctrine justification by God's free grace alone based solely on the righteousness alone - i.e. justification before is done WITHOUT faith; faith is the appointed instrument to experience the blessedness of what HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.
Sola fide popularly understood is a doctrine of the devil.
Sing F Lau
@Reformed Doctrine, Theology and Apologetics.
"The just shall live by faith."
This has been popularly appealed to read, "the un-justified by faith shall be justified," i.e. sola fide. (It requires a massive twisting to equate the two!)
The just, i.e. the justified ones, shall live by faith; justification by God's free grace is the cause, faith is an effect.
Which is why it was the old school Baptists asserted,
"The reason why any are justified
is not because they have faith;
but the reason why they have faith
is because they are justified."
The new school baptists (like the RBs) say the complete opposite with their "sola fide."
Sing F Lau
@ The Protestant Reformation
You quoted Gen 15:6.
May I ask, was Abraham a man already justified freely by God or was he still a man in his native state of condemnation and death before the event in Gen 15? This is a very simple yes or no question.
You quoted Rom 4.
Tell us, what was Apostle Paul demonstrating/proving by quoting Abraham?
Apostle has established without a shadow of a doubt how a condemned, unjustified man is justified before God..... FREELY BY HIS GRACE, NOT THROUGH FAITH, BUT THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST. v24. This is DONE when the unjustified condemned is INCAPABLE of faith whatsoever.
What is Apostle Paul demonstrating in Rom 4?
Tell us.
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The end of the brief exchange.
Now let me make some comments:
The Importance of Context in the doctrine of justification by faith.
Justification involving the faith of man is distinctly different from the justification by the faith/blood/righteousness of Christ, or the justification by the free grace of God. If you don't know these great distinctions, you have not learned the Bible's teaching on justification. You have been misled and deceived.
Let me briefly acquaint you with the distinct aspects of justification:
The manner speaks of HOW the righteousness secured by the faithfulness and blood of Christ is applied to those represent by Christ; it is freely by God grace when they were in their native state of condemnation and death when they are completely and wholly incapable of faith.
THE MEANS TO EXPERIENCE BLESSEDNESS OF JUSTIFICATION (ALREADY FREELY EXECUTED BASED ON CHRIST'S MERITS)
Rom 4:3 “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”
Abraham DID NOT observe any ceremonial laws; Apostle Paul refuted and repudiated the error of the Jewish believers who wanted to impose ceremonial laws upon the Christian church.
Jas 2:23 "And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
The end of the brief exchange.
Now let me make some comments:
Justification involving the faith of man is distinctly different from the justification by the faith/blood/righteousness of Christ, or the justification by the free grace of God. If you don't know these great distinctions, you have not learned the Bible's teaching on justification. You have been misled and deceived.
Let me briefly acquaint you with the distinct aspects of justification:
THE GROUND OF JUSTIFICATION
Rom 5:9 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
Rom 5:9 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
Gal 2:16 “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”
Rom 5:18 “Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.”
The MANNER OF JUSTIFICATION
Rom 3:24 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Rom 3:24 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Tit 3:7 “That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
The manner speaks of HOW the righteousness secured by the faithfulness and blood of Christ is applied to those represent by Christ; it is freely by God grace when they were in their native state of condemnation and death when they are completely and wholly incapable of faith.
THE MEANS TO EXPERIENCE BLESSEDNESS OF JUSTIFICATION (ALREADY FREELY EXECUTED BASED ON CHRIST'S MERITS)
Rom 4:3 “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”
Abraham DID NOT observe any ceremonial laws; Apostle Paul refuted and repudiated the error of the Jewish believers who wanted to impose ceremonial laws upon the Christian church.
Gal 3:6 “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Abraham’s believing (the pronoun “it”) was accounted to him for righteousness, i.e. his believing was blessed by God to experience the blessedness of his justified state. No righteousness of Christ is found in this passage; the accounting of Christ’s righteousness to the elect to took place at the cross.
Abraham’s believing (the pronoun “it”) was accounted to him for righteousness, i.e. his believing was blessed by God to experience the blessedness of his justified state. No righteousness of Christ is found in this passage; the accounting of Christ’s righteousness to the elect to took place at the cross.
Jas 2:23 "And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
Again, it was Abraham’s believing that was blessed by God to experience the blessedness of his justified state, by the free grace of God before Abraham left Ur of the Chaldean.
I hope your mind has been exposed to a little more than your “sola fide.”
May God grant you understanding.
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I hope your mind has been exposed to a little more than your “sola fide.”
May God grant you understanding.
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