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NASB | Galatians 3:23 ¶ But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 3:23 ¶ Now before faith came, we were kept in custody under the Law, [perpetually] imprisoned [in preparation] for the faith that was destined to be revealed, |
Subject: God grant repentance? |
Bible Note: Dear Lookn, Interesting that you can't see the connection. But the desire to believe that men dead in sin can resurrect themselves (Pelagianism) lies deeply rooted in the heart of man. I lack the ability to dissuade presuppositions on such a level. But I know One who can. By the way, the teaching of the moral inability of fallen man (radical depravity) is pretty broadly accepted as an orthodox Christian doctrine of Scripture. I thought you might want to get a glimpse of some of the people who, in your estimation, are and have "misinterpreted verses." Along with James Packer, you will also need to assert the exegetical error of the Councils of Diospolis, Council of Ephesus, Council of Orange, and the Synod of Dortrecht. Furthermore, you'll have the same criticism of most of the great published summaries of Christian belief, including the Book of Concord, Midland Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Westminster Confession, Thirty-Nine Articles, Savoy Declaration, 1689 London Baptist Confession, Philadelphia Confession, Abstract of Principles, and -- more recently -- Cambridge Declaration. (However, you can take heart because your interpretation is supported by the Councils of Trent.) Additionally, your criticism of James Packer as an erroneous exegete will, therefore, necessarily include men like Polycarp, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, Theodore Beza, Jacobus Arminius, Thomas Watson, John Bunyan, John Owen, Thomas Manton, Benjamin Keach, John Gill, Cotton Mather, Thomas Boston, Richard Baxter, George Whitfield, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Arthur W. Pink, J. Gresham Machen, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, R. C. Sproul, James Kennedy, John MacArthur, John Piper... to name a few. In Him, Doc "No wasp will make honey; before it will do that it must be transformed into a bee. A sow will not sit up to wash its face like the cat before the fire; neither will a debauched person take delight in holiness. No devil could praise the Lord as angels do, and no unregenerate man can offer acceptable service as the saints do." --Charles H. Spurgeon |