What
a Monkish Contrast!
A
theologian, held in awe by many, in his zeal in pitting faith against the law,
makes this monkish contrast in his commentary on Galatians 3:26.
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"For
we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
Paul
as a true apostle of faith always has the word "faith" on the tip of
his tongue. By faith, says he, we are the children of God. The Law cannot beget
children of God. It cannot regenerate us. It can only remind us of the old
birth by which we were born into the kingdom of the devil. The best the Law can
do for us is to prepare us for a new birth through faith in Christ Jesus. Faith
in Christ regenerates us into the children of God. St. John bears witness to
this in his Gospel: "As many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." (John
1:12.) What tongue of man or angel can adequately extol the mercy of God toward
us miserable sinners in that He adopted us for His own children and fellow heirs with His Son by the simple means of faith in Christ Jesus!"
Taken
from the link here
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mlg/galatians-3.html
(I
saw this on the Protestant Reformation FB page)
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"...
The Law cannot beget children of God. It cannot regenerate us... Faith in Christ regenerates us into the
children of God."
The
impotence of the law to beget is true. To conclude that faith can is
a pure monkish fable, and so many Protestants believe the same. Luther's sola fide is a devil's lie.
There
are other serious errors in the above commentary. Can you spot them?
What
a monkish contrast!
Was
that what Protestant Reformers and their followers believed?
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On John 1:12, read an article here:
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2012/07/to-them-gave-he-power-to-become-sons-of.html
May the Lord grant you to understand the truth and deliver you from fables.
Amen
