Clare73
Blood-bought
- Jun 12, 2012
- 25,256
- 6,191
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Christian
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Republican
That's a 95% improvement over their position at the time of Martin Luther, but there is just one more thing to go.So the church can teach:
1989 "The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion, effecting justification in accordance with Jesus' proclamation at the beginning of the Gospel: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on high. "Justification is not only the remission of sins, but also
the sanctification and renewal of the interior man."
In the NT, righteousness of justification and righteousness of sanctification are presented as different and separate operations of God, the former by faith, apart from obedience (Romans 3:28),
and the latter by the obedience of faith (Romans 6:16, Romans 6:19) in the Christian life.
Biblically, the Greek word dikaiosis; i.e. justification, is simply
a sentence of acquittal from guilt by God as Judge,
a declaration, pronouncement of the sinner as righteous by faith,
a righteousness imputed (reckoned, credited, accounted) to him as it was to Abraham (Romans 4:1-11),
but the person at this point has no righteousness of sanctification which is imparted through obedience in the Holy Spirit (Romans 6:16, Romans 6:19).
EDIT: And speaking of improvement, there is that purgatory thing.
Just as works added to faith means that God's salvation alone is insufficient,
so also, purgatory added to the cleansing, purifying blood of Jesus Christ means that Christ's blood alone is insufficient.
Not to mention purgatory is not presented in the NT.
Last edited:
Upvote
0