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| EVEN SO by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. |
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October
2, 2010
Romans
5:18 "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to
condemnation [of death]; EVEN SO by the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life."
Please note the two tiny but pivotal words, "EVEN SO" and their implications.
Sing
A reprobate's legal condemnation took place in the garden of Eden through the
action of Adam.
-EVEN
SO, an elect's legal justification took place on the cross through the act of
Christ.
Sing
A reprobate's legal condemnation became personal at his conception; he was
conceived and born in sin. Imputed condemnation was applied to him personally.
He was ENTIRELY passive at your conception (prior to conception, he did not
exist as a personal entity, even though he existed as a legal entity) and
birth.
-
EVEN SO, an elect's legal justification became personal when it is applied to
him personally at his spiritual birth when God effectually called him out of
the state of sin and death to that of grace and salvation in Christ Jesus. He
was entirely passive in his justification by God's free grace, and regeneration
by the Spirit. An elect in the state of condemnation of death can't possibly do
any spiritual act to assist n his justification before God).
Sing
A reprobate's personal condemnation is experienced by his actual acts of sins
and transgression. He experiences the guilt and condemnation of his
transgression of God's law. Many do not live old enough to experience the
effects their state of condemnation
in this life.
-
EVEN SO, at elect's justified state by God's free grace is EXPERIENCED by his
acts of believing in Christ - an act of righteousness - through the gospel
ministry. They experienced the blessedness of their justified stated through
faith and works of righteousness.
Sing
A
reprobate's personal and experiential condemnation shall finally be publicly
vindicated before all the saints and the holy angels on the great day of
judgment.
- EVEN SO, the elect's personal and experiential justification shall finally be
publicly vindicated before the wicked and the fallen angels on the great day of
judgment.
Sing
The
Calvinists adamantly insist that regeneration by the Spirit of God MUST
LOGICALLY precede the forensic justification by God. Scriptures declare
otherwise.
Romans 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.
Sin brought the condemnation of death.
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Can spiritual life be given before the condemnation of death is removed by the
justification of life?
Righteousness
is the prerequisite of life.
-
Can there be life before the righteousness of life has been APPLIED personally?
God
the Father and God the Spirit work in perfect harmony.
-
Will the Spirit regenerate someone whom the Father has not justified, i.e.
removed the condemnation of death through the application of the righteousness
of Christ?
Go figure out, dear brothers. With all due respect, Calvinists are some of the most irrational folks around... they are no sounder than the Arminians they despised and ridiculed!
David
Excellent!
I've often speculated why the second half of the verse is not upheld to the
same standard as the first.
Sing
Justification
by God's free grace LOGICALLY precede regeneration... regeneration is only
possible after the righteousness of life has been imputed.
Justification
by God's free grace is called 'justification of life' because in justification
the righteousness of life is APPLIED (it was IMPUTED at the cross)
personally... thus giving divine warrant for the Spirit of God to regenerate
the justified.
Justification
by the believing act of God's children FOLLOWS regeneration, because only a
regenerated elect, i.e. a child of God can believe. This simple fact that only
a child of God can believe DEBUNKS the POPULAR and IRRATIONAL IDEA that one
must believe in order to be justified by God.
How
can a person who can believe (and therefore possesses eternal life) is still
unjustified, and needed to believe in order to be justified? And new school
calvinists who boast to be logical and rational believe such irrational and
nonsensical notion - you must believe in order to be justified by God!
The verdict, Ro 3:24 "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."
Sing
" the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."
1.
The FREE GIFT... 'free' means 'free', without any condition whatsoever. A
'gift' is a 'gift' - costing the recipient ABSOLUTELY nothing, and without him
asking or desiring for it.
2.
'CAME' - simple past tense (English..., anyway). It happened; it's a done thing. The
justification through the imputation of Christ's righteousness happened at the
cross. It was a done thing when we DID NOT exist as personal beings even
though we existed as legal entities in the Book of Life!
3.
'ALL MEN' - yes, ALL MEN, not one more and not one less, all that are in Christ
Jesus, given to Christ, His people, as many as He represented. Adam represented
the whole human race. Christ represented all that God has given to Him out of
the fallen human race.
4.
"UNTO JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE" - sin brought condemnation.
Justification by God through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus is
justification unto life... because in justification, the righteousness of Jesus
Christ is IMPUTED to all His people at the cross, and righteousness is a prerequisite to life.
IMPUTATION
of Christ's righteousness does not require the actual existence of a person...
it is a LEGAL transaction.
APPLICATION or IMPARTATION of Christ's righteousness requires the personal existence of the recipients.
Sing
You
ask a very interesting question. (he has deleted all his comments!)
Here
is an outline of the Book of Life:
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/sermons/pdf/book-of-life.pdf
The
author explained the following about Revelation 3:5 -
"
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will
not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name
before my Father, and before his angels."
1.
It DOES NOT threaten to blot their names out.
2.
It DOES NOT say that any get their names blotted out.
3.
It DOES NOT say it is possible for names to be blotted out.
4.
It only encourages the faithful that they will not be blotted out.
5.
It is common among men to blot names out of wills and trusts.
6.
God cannot and will not lose a single one of His elect.
7.
Therefore, it is only positive encouragement to be an overcomer.
To
say otherwise has many grave implications upon the characters of the Lord, and
the gospel truth.
