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141 | Special, Efficacious Love for God's Own | Gal 2:20 | DocTrinsograce | 243660 | ||
"Wherefore Paul saith here that Christ first began and not we. 'He loved me, and gave Himself for me.' As if he said, although He found in me no good will, or right understanding, this good Lord had mercy on me. He saw me to be nothing else but wicked, going astray, contemning God, and flying from Him more and more, carried away and led captive of the devil. Thus of His mere mercy… He loved me, and so loved me that He gave Himself for me, to the end that I might be freed from the law, sin, the devil and death. "Again, these words, 'the Son of God loved me, and gave Himself for me,' are mighty thunderings and lightnings from heaven against the righteousness of the law and all the works thereof. So great and horrible wickedness, error, darkness was in my will and understanding, that it was impossible for me to be ransomed by any other means than by such an inestimable price. "Let us consider well this price, and let us behold… the Son of God, ...and we shall see Him, without all comparison, to exceed and excel for creatures. "...If thou couldst rightly consider this incomparable price, thou shouldst hold as accursed all other ceremonies, vows, works, and merits before grace and after, and throw them all down to hell. For it is a horrible blasphemy to imagine that there is any work whereby thou shouldst presume to pacify God, since thou seest that there is nothing which is able to pacify Him but this inestimable price, even the death and the blood of the Son of God, one drop whereof is more precious than the whole world." --Marin Luther (1483-1546), from his Commentary on Galatians |
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142 | Church Fathers? Part IV | Mark 7:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243659 | ||
"IV. There are three opinions among the papists as to the authority of the fathers. First, those who put them on an equality with the Scriptures: to which belong those decrees of the Glossator asserting, 'the writings of the fathers to be authentic, individually as well as collectively' (Dist. 9). Second (just the opposite), those who hold their writings to be merely human and therefore incapable of being a rule of faith. This was the opinion of Cajetan ('Praefatio,' Commentarii ... in quinque Mosaicos libros in Sacrae Scripturae [1639], vol. 1) and of the wiser papists. Third, those who, holding a middle ground, concede that the authority of individual fathers is human and fallible, but think that the common and universal consent of the fathers in controversies is infallible and divine. This was the opinion of the Council of Trent, affirming that 'the traditions of the fathers pertaining both to faith and practice must be received with an equal affection of piety with the Old and New Testaments' (Session 4, Schroeder, p. 17). And, in the same place, 'It prohibits anyone from daring to interpret the Scriptures contrary to that sense which the holy mother church has held, or now holds … or even against the unanimous consent of the fathers' (Session 4, Schroeder, p. 19). Most of the papists -- Stapleton, Bellarmine, Canus, Valentia and others -- agree with this." --Francis Turretin, from his "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1992-1997) |
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143 | ...with all your mind... | Prov 15:14 | DocTrinsograce | 243658 | ||
"Why have we lost, or neglected [or even denigrated], the ability to disciple the mind for Christ? "In part, it may be that we have confused the need for a childlike faith (that is, an attitude of profound trust in God, and a faithful love for Him) with childish thinking. The apostle Paul, for one, had no confusion on this point. Reading any one of his epistles will show you that. And even Peter – the everyday workman, the fisherman – was no intellectual slouch, judging by his writings. What we have, everywhere in scripture, are profoundly intelligent teachings poured out from minds that are also inspired and centered in a love for God. "Step one generation away from the New Testament writers to meet the men who were discipled by the apostles and you will find treatises, apologies, and circular letters of stunning intelligence from those intensely devoted Church fathers. "Faith and a disciplined mental life were not natural enemies then. A well-informed mind held a place of honor. And it was believed that the Christian mind could be the best mind." --J. P. Moreland, from his book "Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul" (NavPress 1997) |
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144 | "The Gospel for Real Life" | Rom 12:2 | DocTrinsograce | 243652 | ||
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145 | Church Fathers? Part III | Mark 7:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243651 | ||
"III. Although some extend their age down to the tenth century, we do not think it ought to be carried down further than the sixth. For it is certain that purity of doctrine and worship became greatly corrupted after the six hundredth year (in which Antichrist raised his head) -- error and superstitions increasing by the just judgment of God. In the first century after the death of the apostles, the principal fathers were Ignatius and Polycarp, fragments of whose writings are extant. In the second, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus. In the third, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Cyprian, Arnobius, Lactantius. In the fourth, Athanasius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Hilary of Poitiers, Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory of Nyssa, Epiphanius, John Chrysostom. In the fifth, Augustine, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoret, Hilary of Aries, Prosper of Aquitania, Leo I. In the sixth, Fulgentius the African, Gelasius (Cyzicus), Gregory the Great and others." --Francis Turretin, from his "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1992-1997) |
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146 | God Provides Orthodoxy to His Own | Acts 13:26 | DocTrinsograce | 243650 | ||
Please, no more bigotry, Ed. It is unbecoming of you, contraindicated by your beliefs, and drives people from the forum. | ||||||
147 | church Fathers? Part II | Mark 7:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243649 | ||
"II. By 'the fathers; we do not mean with Augustine the apostles as the first founders and patriarchs of the Christian church (Psalm 45), but (in accordance with the present usage which is sanctioned by the ancients) the teachers of the primitive church who (after the death of the apostles) taught and illustrated the doctrine of salvation, orally and in writing. On account of age, they lived many years before our times; on account of doctrine (for by inculcating it upon their disciples), they begat sons to God in the church." --Francis Turretin, from his "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1992-1997) | ||||||
148 | Nothing New Under the Sun | Mark 13:22 | DocTrinsograce | 243646 | ||
"The the momentous success of Shabbateanism was a remarkable phenomenon. Born in Smyrna (Ismir), Shabbetai Zevi [1626-1676] moved to Jerusalem, then to Gaza where he met with an adept of Lurianic Kabbalah–Nathan Ashkenazi, called Nathan of Gaza. Nathan, receiving a revelation about the messianic role of his companion, became the prophet of the new Messiah. "The terminology he used was derived from Lurianic Kabbalah as well as from concepts of popular Jewish messianism. Although Shabbetai Zevi himself studied other kabbalistic trends and was averse to Lurianic theosophy, this did not affect the enormous success of Nathan’s propaganda. Within a very short time its impact was felt throughout the diaspora in processions of joy, acts of extreme mortification, and innumerable delegations who came to behold the Messiah. "This messianic agitation soon alarmed the Ottoman authorities. Summoned to appear before the sultan, Shabbetai Zevi was given a choice of apostasy or death. To the amazement of all his believers, the Messiah converted to Islam. His prophet Nathan immediately came up with an audacious kabbalist explanation: the Messiah has descended into the depths of the kelippah -- the realm of evil -- to conquer it from within. And so strong was the aspiration for redemption that neither the apostasy nor the death of Shabbetai Zevi destroyed the belief of his followers. "Among them we may distinguish two radical currents. In Greece the sect of the Doenmeh (Turkish for 'converts' or 'apostates') professed Islam in public but adhered to a mixture of traditional and heretical Judaism in secret, believing in the divinity of Shabbetai Zevi and practicing sexual license. This sect survived in Greece till 1924 and then moved to Turkey." --Rabbi Moshe Idel (2016) |
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149 | Church Fathers? | Mark 7:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243645 | ||
"Are the writings of the fathers the rule of truth in doctrines of faith and in the interpretation of the Scriptures? We deny against the papists "I. Although from the preceding question we are already satisfied that the fathers cannot sit as judges in controversies of faith, yet because the papists frequently recur to them and are accustomed to obtrude upon us the consent of the fathers as a rule of truth, we must devote a separate question to this argument which is of the greatest importance in the controversies of the present day." --Francis Turretin, from his "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" (1992-1997) |
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150 | God Provides Orthodoxy to His Own | Acts 13:26 | DocTrinsograce | 243644 | ||
"We believe if a person has confessed his sin and repented, if he has believed in Jesus as the Son of God who died for our sin on the cross and resurrected from death on the third day to pardon our sins, and if he has received the Holy Spirit that God has promised, then he is born again and saved. It is by grace and through faith that we are saved. By faith we are justified; by faith we receive the Holy Spirit, and by faith we become the sons of God. "We believe that God can keep His children completely in Jesus Christ, while the believers are obligated to hold on to their faith firmly till the end. "We believe that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is an evidence of salvation, and that the Spirit of God testifies with our spirits that we are children of God. "We are against the practice of taking any specific phenomenon or personal experiences as common criterions of salvation for all. "We are against any doctrine that teaches a saved person is allowed to freely sin under God’s grace. We are against the teaching of multi-salvation (that one can lose but then gain back his salvation many times); we are also against salvation by keeping the law." --Statement of Faith of Chinese House Churches (1998) |
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151 | No Vague Piety | 1 Pet 5:7 | DocTrinsograce | 243640 | ||
"The Christians of Asia Minor were being tested under difficult circumstances. They were being challenged and even harassed because of their Christian faith. We know that some of them were slaves and faced the temptation of disobeying unjust masters. It is not difficult for us to imagine how Christians were regarded by a surrounding culture that was largely pagan because that is the world in which you and I now live. We know that the Christians were misunderstood as being arrogant because they refused to go along with established Greco-Roman religious worship. They could not acknowledge Caesar (just now, Nero) as a deity. Their worship was misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misrepresented. ... We are entitled to think that the Lord, the Kyrios, the Yahweh, upon whom we are to cast our cares is he who became incarnate for us, who obeyed for us, who, as the God-Man, in his humanity suffered in our place, who was raised for us, and is now seated at the right hand. He is God. He is Son and our Mediator. "Thus, when Peter quotes Ps 55:22, calling us to cast our cares, our worries upon the Lord because he cares for us, this is not a vague piety but a specific reminder of the greatest of all of God’s concrete saving acts in history: the cross. Our God cannot abandon us because he has committed himself to us in his Son. As the Psalmist says, he will sustain us, because he saved us. He will not allow his righteous to be shaken." --R. Scott Clark (2016) |
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152 | Sola Scriptura in China | Deut 17:11 | DocTrinsograce | 243638 | ||
"We believe that all 66 books of the Bible are God-breathed. They were inspired by God through the Holy Spirit to the prophets and apostles who composed them. The Bible is complete and inerrant truth. It has the highest authority. Nobody is allowed to distort it in any way. "The Bible clearly states God’s purpose of redemption of mankind. The Bible is the highest standard of our Christian life and ministry. We are against any denials of the Bible; we are against any teaching or theories that regard the Bible as out of date, or as erroneous; we are also against the practice of believing only in selected sections of the Scripture. We want to emphasize that the Scriptures must be interpreted in light of their historical context and within the overall context of scriptural teachings. While interpreting the Bible, one must seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the principle of interpreting the Scripture by the Scripture. The interpretation should be coherent and consistent, but not based on isolated verses. Biblical interpretation should take into account the orthodox faith that has been taken as the heritage of the church down through history. We are against interpretation of the Scripture merely according to one’s own will, or by subjective spiritualization." --Statement of Faith of Chinese House Churches (1998) |
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153 | The One True God | Matt 22:14 | DocTrinsograce | 243637 | ||
"We believe that God created the universe and all things, and He created man in His own image. God has all things in His own control and sustains all things. He is the Lord of human history. The almighty God is a righteous, holy, faithful and loving God. He is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. He manifests His sovereignty throughout human history. The Son and the Holy Spirit are eternal: the Son has the relationship of Son to the Father, but is not created; the Holy Spirit is sent by the Father and the Son." --Statement of Faith of Chinese House Churches (1998) |
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154 | Teaching and Being Taught | Deut 32:2 | DocTrinsograce | 243636 | ||
Hi, Ed... That reminded me of some lines from a movie years ago: A very angry woman sputtered bitterly at an attorney, "Why... you... you... you are nothing but a quack!" The lawyer replied, indignantly, "That is slanderous! A quack is doctor. I, madam, am a schyster!" Psychobabble is a pejorative for the use of terms in popular psychology. Check it out in Wikipedia as you often do. (Of course, the irony in using terms that have anything do with psuche [Greek for mind/reason, where we get words like psychology] or, come to that, babble... hehe.) Metaphysics deals with the nature of reality. It may be of secondary or tertiary importance to you, but God's self-revelation (Hebrews 1:1-2) has a great deal to do with those things that are real; i.e., the truth. Now this all may be of even less importance to you, it is a bit -- though, not much -- cerebral (i.e., the God-given capacity of thought). In theology proper we address the reality of the nature of God; in Christology we address the reality of the nature of the Son; in anthropology we address the reality of the nature of man; in hamartiology we address the reality of the nature of sin; etc. etc. All of these subjects can be placed under the umbrella of what is true. Thus, we received from Moses much about the nature of God's righteousness and man's unrighteousness (the Law); but grace and truth were received from Jesus Christ. That's what John 1:17 states (cf v1:14b; Micah 7:20; . Can you see the metaphysics there? Now Dr. Trueman was actually resisting any of the experientialism, emotionalism, spiritism, or pietism that have come to displace Scripture. He actually expressed his pedagogy -- sorry, that means just means teaching -- in a very Scriptural fashion (John 8:32; Titus 1:9). Dr. Trueman's book is very good; sorry for not interjecting brackets to make plain some of his language. Speaking of "seeker churches" (perhaps you meant seeker sensitive churches?), my church planting class in seminary was taught by Ed Stetzer (remotely). He used Rick Warren as a source -- you know, the guy who wrote "A Purpose Driven Life?" I'm with you! No thanks! In Him, Doc 1. This post is biblically based and whenever possible, I have included Bible references to support it. 2. This post is not intended as a personal attack on the authority of the Bible or on other users of this forum. 3. This post is not submitted as an effort to foster divisiveness, ill-will, dissension or other disruptions to this forum. 4. I have carefully proofread my post and believe it represents my best efforts. |
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155 | Abundance, Superabundance! | Rom 6:8 | DocTrinsograce | 243631 | ||
"It is not only that we are forgiven, but over and above being forgiven, the righteousness of Jesus Christ is put to our account, is put upon us... Unfallen Adam was righteous, but it was his own righteousness as a created being, it was the righteousness of a man. Adam never had the righteousness of Jesus Christ upon him. What he lost was his own righteousness. But you and I are not merely given back a human righteousness, the righteousness that Adam had before he fell -- we are given the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 'Much more' -- abundance, superabundance -- give full weight to it! We receive this abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness." --Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) |
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156 | Teaching and Being Taught | Deut 32:2 | DocTrinsograce | 243620 | ||
"For me, this kind of teaching [via metaphysical conviction] is an act of rebellion in this present age -- an attempt in some small way to convey the idea that the world is given, not constructed, and that meaning is to be found, not created. A good teacher must always be driven by conviction -- that the world is and that it has meaning, and that it is so much bigger than any one person can ever apprehend. "Teaching -- true teaching, not the mere imparting of techniques or learning potential -- is perhaps the most delightful calling and privilege in the world. It has its challenges, but it brings incomparable joys. The second greatest joy I have as teacher is seeing that flash of light in a student's eyes when a previously unknown or misunderstood concept suddenly becomes clear because of something I have said. And the greatest joy (albeit a rarer one) is the one I experience when a student writes or says something that indicates they have gone far beyond that which I, as a teacher, have been able to teach them. When they become greater, I delight that I become less. For such is the proper order of things, if teaching is truly about truth and not about power or making disciples. Yet neither joy is possible where there is no truth to discover and where the world is simply whatever the loudest and most aggressive among us care to claim that it is. Good teaching is a matter of metaphysics." --Dr. Carl R. Trueman, from his book "Teaching As Joyful Rebellion" |
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157 | Earth's fate | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243619 | ||
Hi, Lionstrong... As is often the case, no single perspective fits every circumstance. Paul sets out a very good evidentialism in Romans 1; nevertheless, his preaching to the Greeks in Acts 17 is certainly presuppositional. Thanks again for recommending the books. In Him, Doc |
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158 | Earth's fate | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243616 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, Thank you for the book you recommended. I see it is available as an ebook. I may well purchase it. My eyesight is so poor, I have to get large print or ebooks in order to read. I am curious to know if you have looked into evidentialism versus presuppositionalism in apologetics? If so, do you lean one way or the other? I hope this isn't too far off topic. I am just curious. In Him, Doc |
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159 | Education encouraged of God? | 2 Tim 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 243615 | ||
Good points, Ed... I think that this mischaracterization of some of the American denominations that sprung up in the last hundred years is unfair. For example, one of the best professors of proper exegetical principles is Dr. Gordon Fee, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Indeed, I was introduced to him in Biblical Hermeneutics at Covenant Theological Seminary. Christianity Today had a very pertinent article refuting this assumption concerning these denominations by Rick M. Nanez. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/marchweb-only/113-43.0.html An Pentecostal pastor who is a friend of mine pointed me to the article. It is seven pages long, but worth read. We do not want to paint whole denominations with the same brush as we do individuals, thus protecting the truth as our Lord commands. I also appreciate your concern about the use of those teachings. The abuse of a truth, of course, does not render it false. In Him, Doc |
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160 | Doctrine Gives Rise to Doxology | John 4:21 | DocTrinsograce | 243608 | ||
"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:22-24) "Here indeed is pure and real religion: faith so joined with an earnest fear of God that this fear also embraces willing reverence, and carries with it such legitimate worship as is prescribed in the law. And we ought to note this fact even more diligently: all men have a vague general veneration for God, but very few really reverence him; and wherever there is great ostentation in ceremonies, sincerity of heart is rare indeed." --John Calvin (1509-1564) "[O]ne of the greatest sayings ever uttered on earth -- that God is Spirit; that He is ever searching for true worshipers; and that He is indifferent to places and nationalities and method, that we cannot worship until we live in the spirit-realm and are willing to conform ourselves absolutely to truth -- these thoughts have revolutionized the religious thinking of mankind. They have not yet fulfilled their mission, but they bear witness to the unique supremacy of the Christ." --Fredrick Brotherton Meyer (1847-1929) |
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