Featured OSAS made simple

“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made (constituted) sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made (constituted) righteous.” Romans 5:19 (KJV 1900)

What most do not understand is that Christ saves believers through His shed blood and his imputed righteousness. Our works are wood, hay, and stubble that cannot save. If improved on, they merit a better resurrection. But even then, believers remain saved by Christ’s imputed righteousness, even if all their petty works are destroyed by fire.

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” 1 Corinthians 3:11–15 (KJV 1900)

 

You are falsely accusing me of manipulating scripture. The main point is if you do not trust in Christ's imputed righteousness, rather than your own, you cannot have saving faith. You cannot have saving faith if you think you can be lost.

 

You cannot have saving faith if you think you can be lost.

 

But you want to strain out gnats and swallow camels?

 

= works coerced by God's cattle prod?

 

As I said before, Dort got the last 2 points wrong, based on Calvin's universal atonement logic. It should be that the New Birth produces habitual holiness. Just as a cat acts like a cat. Or a dog like a dog. The new birth turns believers into Christians, in the biblical sense of the term. Dort's logic fails on points 4 & 5.

 

I know the difference and you go with Dort who is correct on the first 3 points but in line with universal atonement and works on points 4 & 5. Let's not get cocky.

 

I said before, points 4&5 are off but it's the closest I can come to finding bible truth. How many splinters do you have in your eyes?

 

Christ's imputed righteousness cannot sin. That's the works I trust in. But I work on my wood, hay, and stubble works in thanksgiving even though they lack the capacity of God's imputed righteousness. You need to get a hold of this.

 

So you think creeds are perfect?