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https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10207598142687127
November
4, 2016
The
same is an apt description of what happens in bible colleges and theological
seminaries too; students are indoctrinated in a set of teachings held by such
institutions. They are not taught to be students of the Scriptures like the
Bereans.
Have
you ever heard of one such institution teaching its students to ask,
- How
can an UN-justified man ever believe in order to be justified by God?"
-What
is the spiritual state of a UN-justified man?
or
asking,
How
on earth can the repeated biblical statement "the just shall live by
faith" ever be read to mean sola fidei, i.e., "the UN-justified
believes in order to be justified, i.e., through his faith?"
or
asking,
How
does - Gen 15:6 "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness" - teach that when Abraham believed, righteousness was imputed
to him by God?
- WHAT did God account to Abraham for righteousness? And what does
that mean?
or
asking,
If
Abraham was justified by God in Gen 15:6, then he had been an UN-justified man
before that point, hadn't he? Do you know what is the spiritual state of a man
in his native UN-justified state?
Do
Genesis 12-14 give you a picture of Abraham as a man still in his native state
of CONDEMNATION and DEATH? Do they?
We read of the Bereans that they put on their God-given BRAIN, and they search
the Scriptures. They were not given to sound-bytes! What about you? "These
were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with
ALL READINESS OF MIND, and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES daily, whether those things were
so." Act 17:11.
No,
such institutions don't teach the students to think, and reason, and ask
questions; instead, they indoctrinate them. Students are indoctrinated with
sound bytes, without thinking and reasoning, that "the just shall live by
faith" means the UN-justified shall be justified by God through their act
of believing, the fable and fiction of "sola fidei."
Just
a whole load of sound bytes!
But
what says the Scriptures?
2Ti
2:2 "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the
same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."
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Would you like to try some questions on "The just shall live by faith"?
Here, try these.
The Just Shall Live By Faith - Some Simple Questions
"The
just shall live by faith."
1.
Is this statement
- a description of the just, or
- a prescription on how to be
justified?
2.
Who are the just that shall live by faith?
3.
When were the just justified?
4.
How were the just justified?
5.
In what state were the just when they were justified?
6.
What did God do when He justified the condemned sinners?
7.
What is the basis of God justifying condemned sinners?
8.
Why are the just capable of living by faith?
9.
What is it to live by faith?
10.
What is the opposite of living by faith?
Concluding question: Has
this statement "the just shall live by faith" anything to do with the
popular notion of "justification by faith alone"?
Feel
free to add yours. Asking intelligent questions is an excellent way of learning the truth of God. Regurgitating what the reformers and deformers said is a bad habit.
Let's
learn together.
The questions were initially posted here:
https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10214917697911433
