February 2, 2013 ·
Are
you a daughter of Mother Harlot???
The
Mother Harlot teaches:
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Legal justification before God is by BOTH faith in Christ AND works of
righteousness.
Mother
Harlot's daughters amputated one of the two gangrenous limbs, and declared:
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Legal justification is by faith ALONE in Christ.
The
Holy Scriptures say, and the old school Baptists believed rightly:
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Legal justification is based solely on the righteousness of
Christ alone freely IMPUTED to the elect, and this righteousness legally imputed is freely APPLIED to an
elect personally by the Spirit of God at the effectual calling; this justification is TO BE EXPERIENCED through faith in
Christ alone, and is EVIDENCED by BOTH works of righteousness and faith in
Christ.
Kindly
note these distinct aspects of justification!
Justification
accomplished:
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by Christ's blood, faith, and righteousness.
Ro
5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
Ro 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.
Ga
2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are
found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Justification
applied:
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by grace, freely without any condition to an elect STILL in the state of
condemnation and death
Ro
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.
Justification
experienced and evidenced:
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experienced by faith alone, evidenced by faith and works.
Ro
4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not
before God.
Jas
2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
God
purposed justification for all His elect... before time.
Christ
secured justification for all His elect... at the cross.
The
Spirit applies justification to each elect... at effectual calling out of the
state of sin and death to that of grace and salvation.
The
gospel ministry brings an already effectually called elect, a child of God, to
the gospel of his justification by God's free grace. Believing the truth of his
salvation brings great joy.
Bill
Taylor
Amen,
Bro. Sing!
Adam
Wells
Thanks, Bro Sing, very simply stated.
Jerry
Chapin
Amen!
Bro. Sing...
Cantoro
Joe
Abram
was justified by faith before he was circumcised... and
in the book of James, Jas 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have
works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my
works.
'a
man may say', is not a man hast faith...
So this is about having the right type of faith...
Sing
F Lau
Cantoro,
please tell me when was Abraham justified BY GOD. Thanks.
Cantoro
Joe
Gen
15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen
17--> circumcised
Gen
22 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
believe
(or faith), Abraham was declared as righteous, before circumcised... then Gen
22 shows the righteous works that follow...
So there's no such thing as works outside 'justified by faith' that can please God. I'm not saying that our works following conversion can save us, but they will be evidence
Cantoro
Joe
I'd
wait for other comments... the meantime, back to studying God's word... pursuing my
goal of understanding the whole Bible...
will be going to City Harvest church at about 9 plus to have a first-hand look at the worship service....
Sing
F Lau
Cantoro,
studying this article will do you more good than going to City Harvest.
Mama
always told me that I don't have to stick my head into a garbage bin to have first-hand knowledge that it stinks <LOOOL> Wise Mama!
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2011/12/massive-theological-blunder-by-reformed.html
Read, and study and digest the points raised. May save you from some serious
errors!!!
Goodnight!
Sing
F Lau
Hey
Cantoro Joe, so did you read the article above?
May
our Lord grant you understanding!
Don't
be TOOOOOOOOOOO stuck in your idea of "reformed theology" to learn
the truth of the Bible!!!
Cantoro
Joe
Yea...
I did... but not very convinced... I'm in the process of reading my bible cover to
cover again... of course, I hope to come as close to scripture as possible
Sing
F Lau
"Not
very convinced..." Convinced but not VERY convinced! <LOOOOL>
Cantoro
Joe, I am NOT interested in convincing you! That is the Spirit's job!
My
purpose is to make you aware that 'reformed theology" has a whole lot of
inconsistencies and contradictions, not as smooth as you think!!! When an honest
and thinking man is confronted with inconsistencies and contradictions, he will
either choose to seek to be consistent or choose to live with HIS
inconsistencies and contradictions!
People
who say not convinced but offer no rebuttal are best to be ignored!
They
are not honest enough to engage with the issue yet!
