tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post4133462600120382558..comments2024-02-27T00:11:57.219+11:00Comments on Extra Nos: MythsLPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-23090846970466545942011-03-08T20:57:16.962+11:002011-03-08T20:57:16.962+11:00sma,
You are welcome and thanks for letting us kn...sma,<br /><br />You are welcome and thanks for letting us know.<br /><br />LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887169410291453228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-19101263858562767122011-03-08T09:27:52.700+11:002011-03-08T09:27:52.700+11:00Hi guys.
I don't disagree with anything in th...Hi guys.<br /><br />I don't disagree with anything in this post.<br /><br />Luther was right! <br /><br />"but the Christian must without any hesitancy believe himself one to whom grace and mercy are given, and that he has really secured them through baptism or through the Holy Supper. When he so believes, he is free to say of himself: “I am holy, godly and just. I am a child of God, perfectly assured of salvation. Not because of anything in me, not because of my merits or works, am I saved; it is of the pure mercy of God in Christ, poured out upon me."<br /><br />I agree with every word in that statement because it puts the entire project onto Christ, and takes it totally away from me.<br /><br />"If you believe it, you've got it."<br /><br /> also Luther<br /><br />Thanks!Steve Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251554325064300307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-32426150027021541772011-03-06T22:40:51.979+11:002011-03-06T22:40:51.979+11:00JK,
My last statement should have been "may ...JK,<br /><br />My last statement should have been "may be thought of". I am becoming dyslexic with the keyboard because of age.<br /><br />LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887169410291453228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-47764840089720729782011-03-06T22:39:22.288+11:002011-03-06T22:39:22.288+11:00B.M.,
I am very glad you made me aware of Luther&...B.M.,<br /><br />I am very glad you made me aware of Luther's Galatians Sermon.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887169410291453228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-82554726404414644592011-03-06T16:52:53.936+11:002011-03-06T16:52:53.936+11:00Well said Lito. I'm sorry about your grandfat...Well said Lito. I'm sorry about your grandfather's watch. I rejoice that you have faith in Christ alone.<br /><br />71] <b>"but we maintain this, that properly and truly, by faith itself, we are for Christ's sake accounted righteous, or are acceptable to God. And because "to be justified" means that out of unjust men just men are made, or born again, it means also that they are pronounced or accounted just. For Scripture speaks in both ways. [The term "to be justified" is used in two ways: to denote, being converted or regenerated; again, being accounted righteous. Accordingly we wish first to show this, that faith alone makes of an unjust, a just man, i.e., receives remission of sins".</b><br />http://www.bookofconcord.org/defense_4_justification.phpBrett Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916121605136512091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-44958992018828946382011-03-06T12:47:54.227+11:002011-03-06T12:47:54.227+11:00JK,
Frankly S>M. and I will disagree, I do not...JK,<br /><br />Frankly S>M. and I will disagree, I do not think he has full appreciation of where Luther is coming from.<br /><br />S.M. and others are reacting against the preponderance of faith talk amongst Evangelicals that imply one can make a decision at will and decide to believe.<br /><br />Here are what I believe old time Lutherans think of the matter:<br />- Faith has an object which very precisely is the Atonement of Jesus.<br />- Faith is never a decision of man as if he can exercise it at will, saving faith that is.<br />- Faith is created by God therefore is said to be a gift.<br />- Faith is never created by God without any means. No, rather God uses instruments of Word and Sacrament to create faith in the life of a sinner.<br />- Faith can be lost and so justification can be lost similar to us losing a gift. I have lost already my grand father's watch.<br />- Faith (saving) is sustained and made alive by God in the life of the believer by the use of the same Word and Sacrament that were used to create it in the first place.<br /><br />Non-Lutheran Prots maybe taught of as sub-Lutherans because they honor the Word but they separate the HS from the Sacraments. This is something Lutherans fight against.<br /><br />LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887169410291453228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-51947550600891816902011-03-06T07:34:51.333+11:002011-03-06T07:34:51.333+11:00Good to hear from you.
Have you ever engaged Stev...Good to hear from you.<br /><br />Have you ever engaged Steve Martin at "The Old Adam Lives" on this topic?J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.com