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JonC

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God's law does not change. There is no redemption....no actual forgiveness....under the Law.

Natural man (the flesh) must die. Man must be born again, born of the Spirit.

Th ironic thing is this was the Christian faith until the Reformation and the introduction of Renaissance moral philosophy into Scripture in order to reword RCC doctrine.

This is the view men like Justin Martyr expressed. This is what Scripture actually states (in the text of God's Word).

Penal Substitution Theorists do not belueve in a literal spiritual birth (a rebirth) that results in a new creation, the old creation having died. Otherwise they woukd realize the reborn man is under no condemnation (a just God woukd have no charge to bring....not because he punished somebody else but because He recreated the sinner).
 

Aaron

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Scripture provides the answer.

God is immutable - He does not change - His judgment is righteous. He is eternal.

The man who sins must die.

But the righteous of God was manifested apart from the law.

Man must still die, for it is appointed man once to die and then the Judgment.

So how can God be just - still require that sinners die - and yet forgive sinners?

Certainly not through the law (the law condemns).

But suppose God could recreate man, that man could be born of the Spirit.....born again. This new man would not live according to the flesh like the old one did. The new man must have died to din and been made alive in Christ. This man would be under no condemnation.

God would be just and the justifier of sinners. All of this apart from the law (not through it), the law bearing testimony.

And these men woukd have been freed from bondage.

Of course, Penal Substitution Theorists do not really believe in a "rebirth" (not one that results in a new creation, anyway).
You appear to be saying that none of us are relieved of the wages of sin, which you say is the mere death of the body. That all will die because of sin. But you seem to be forgetting that Paul said we won't all die physically.
 

Martin Marprelate

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God's law does not change. There is no redemption....no actual forgiveness....under the Law.

Natural man (the flesh) must die. Man must be born again, born of the Spirit.

Th ironic thing is this was the Christian faith until the Reformation and the introduction of Renaissance moral philosophy into Scripture in order to reword RCC doctrine.

This is the view men like Justin Martyr expressed. This is what Scripture actually states (in the text of God's Word).
Isaiah 42:21. 'The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it honourable.'
Matthew 5:17. "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."
Romans 3:31. 'Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.'

Christ on the cross was fulfilling the Law and establishing its righteousness by paying in full the penalty that it demanded.
 

JonC

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Isaiah 42:21. 'The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it honourable.'
Matthew 5:17. "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."
Romans 3:31. 'Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.'

Christ on the cross was fulfilling the Law and establishing its righteousness by paying in full the penalty that it demanded
The Law is honorable. The Law is not made void.

Do you just sit around and try your best to put words in the mouths of anybody who dare question the Reformers?

What verse is this "Christ on the cross was fulfilling the Law and establishing its righteousness by paying in full the penalty that it demanded"????

I see in Scripture where our debt is canceled but it looks like you added quite a bit to Scripture here....while (like @AustinC ) ignoring other passages.
 

Iconoclast

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"JonC,

Natural man (the flesh) must die. Man must be born again, born of the Spirit.

The natural man is spiritually dead already. He does not need to die, he is already a dead man walking.

Th ironic thing is this was the Christian faith until the Reformation and the introduction of Renaissance moral philosophy into Scripture in order to reword RCC doctrine.

This is your view

Penal Substitution Theorists do not belueve in a literal spiritual birth (a rebirth) that results in a new creation,

This is a monster falsehood. Everyone who understands the biblical teaching of PSA. Knows all about regeneration.
To say they do not believe that is a falsehood.



Otherwise they woukd realize the reborn man is under no condemnation (a just God woukd have no charge to bring....not because he punished somebody else but because He recreated the sinner).
An open denial of biblical truth.
 

Iconoclast

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Isaiah 42:21. 'The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it honourable.'
Matthew 5:17. "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."
Romans 3:31. 'Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.'

Christ on the cross was fulfilling the Law and establishing its righteousness by paying in full the penalty that it demanded.

You correctly understand law and grace, and the holy law of God being upheld.
 

JonC

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You correctly understand law and grace, and the holy law of God being upheld.
Except we all believe the passages @Martin Marprelate posted

What is at question is his additions to Scripture.

God's Word is sufficient without adding to it. The reason is God is Sufficient. God's Word is perfect without changing it. The reason is God is Perfect.

After all of these threads if Scripture is still beyond your grasp....that is, if the actual Word of God ("what is written") still confuses you to the point you have to add to it or make changes then I cannot help but suspect you have not actually tried to read Scripture for what it actually says.
 

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"agedman,
As I have posted multiple times, it is not as you consider for the writer is very specific as to whom the wrath is appointed:
Romans 1:
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.​

This includes every person ever born...

This is the group that God's wrath is poured upon.

Yes all men....
2 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Did Christ ever fit even one specific found in this criterion? [/QUOTE]

No one who believes or teaches PSA believes any such thing. Can you post any Christian that believes the sinless Jesus sinned??? How foolish to post this.

He was without sin. Therefore, there was no wrath of God pour out upon Him anymore then there was wrath of God poured out upon any OT atonement sacrifice that was brought worthily to God.

Of course he was without sin..
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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Iconoclast

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Except we all believe the passages @Martin Marprelate posted

What is at question is his additions to Scripture.

God's Word is sufficient without adding to it. The reason is God is Sufficient. God's Word is perfect without changing it. The reason is God is Perfect.

After all of these threads if Scripture is still beyond your grasp....that is, if the actual Word of God ("what is written") still confuses you to the point you have to add to it or make changes then I cannot help but suspect you have not actually tried to read Scripture for what it actually says.

All of us have shown you do not understand the words in the scriptures and do not grasp the scriptures themselves.
I would never trade my understanding for the one you post.
We believe what the scripture actually says because we take the the time to understand it.
 

JonC

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These threads have gone on, back to back, for awhile.

I do not understand why there is so much hostility and resistance to the actual text of Scripture. @agedman and I have appealed to God's Word, to "what is written", to the actual text of the Bible.

Yet we have been called everything but a brother in Christ. Why? Not because we have argued about interpretations but because we have insisted the test of doctrine is God's Word.
 

JonC

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All of us have shown you do not understand the words in the scriptures and do not grasp the scriptures themselves.
I would never trade my understanding for the one you post.
We believe what the scripture actually says because we take the the time to understand it.
I get your theory. I was once where you are now.

I am grateful God led me out of the philosophy that has you in its grip, but for most of my life I was like you.

So I understand you think your theories correct. I get you feel your conclusions about what Scripture "teaches" equates to Scripture itself.

You are no less a brother. I was no less saved all of those decades I believed as you do now.

But there is so much of our faith that you cannot see because you are looking outside of Scripture.

I want the best for you. I want you to grasp not only the elemental things but the meat of Scripture. But until you can set aside human wisdom and simply trust God's Word you will find your growth stunted.

God's Word is perfect and complete. Stop allowing yourself to be carried away by vain philosophy. You are a godly man. Let Christ be your portion - not "worldly wisdom".

What I have posted is the text of Scripture. I pray one day you will be able to exchange theory for God's Word.
 

JonC

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I do not intend to abandon this topic, just not to allow myself to be goaded.
Please don't abandon the topic. Just stick with the oassages you quoted and not the addition you made at the end.

That is not, BTW, goading. That is observing that your conclusions do not match up with the verses you provided.

Where did the extra stuff come from?
 

Iconoclast

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JonC,
I get your theory. I was once where you are now.

No you do not...it is teaching not theory. You never were where I am, I think not even close

I am grateful God led me out of the philosophy that has you in its grip, but for most of my life I was like you.

Under the guise of trying to help, you offer insults, thinly veiled.
You can stop now. They are not working. We all see what you are doing.


So I understand you think your theories correct. I get you feel your conclusions about what Scripture "teaches" equates to Scripture itself.

No..another insult, that I do not welcome
You are no less a brother. I was no less saved all of those decades I believed as you do now.

No one asked you JonC...How can I say it....you are dismissed. I do not need your sage advice .Not sure the others like MM, and Aaron, and Sg, and all the others have asked for your assessment.

[QUOTE]But there is so much of our faith that you cannot see because you are looking outside of Scripture.
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Another insult, no thanks JonC

I want the best for you.

No..not buying that. Do not worry about me...I am right where God wants me to be.

I want you to grasp not only the elemental things but the meat of Scripture.

Another sanctimonious insult. No thanks JonC, I have both ,thanks...if I need your input I will ask for it, thanks, but no thanks.

But until you can set aside human wisdom and simply trust God's Word you will find your growth stunted.

Another sanctimonious insult. No thanks JonC, I have both ,thanks...if I need your input I will ask for it, thanks, but no thanks.

God's Word is perfect and complete.

It is, that is why some of us actually work at understanding it.


Stop allowing yourself to be carried away by vain philosophy.

Another sanctimonious insult. No thanks JonC, I have both ,thanks...if I need your input I will ask for it, thanks, but no thanks.

You are a godly man. Let Christ be your portion - not "worldly wisdom".

Another sanctimonious insult. No thanks JonC, I have both ,thanks...if I need your input I will ask for it, thanks, but no thanks.

What I have posted is the text of Scripture. I pray one day you will be able to exchange theory for God's Word.

Another sanctimonious insult. No thanks JonC, I have both ,thanks...if I need your input I will ask for it, thanks, but no thanks.
 

AustinC

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These threads have gone on, back to back, for awhile.

I do not understand why there is so much hostility and resistance to the actual text of Scripture. @agedman and I have appealed to God's Word, to "what is written", to the actual text of the Bible.

Yet we have been called everything but a brother in Christ. Why? Not because we have argued about interpretations but because we have insisted the test of doctrine is God's Word.
Jon, why do you resist the vast amount of scripture showing the substitutionary atonement of Christ.
Vast amounts of scripture have been shown and you consistently find ways to deflect and argue against scripture. You then make a statement with really no actual scripture to support your statement, yet you still imagine you have scripture on your side.
The resistance is because you are wrong and you can't imagine that to be true so you keep pushing a view that little to no one holds. It's similar to sbg pushing his multiple requirements that a man must do before God can save. He's obviously wrong. Everyone can see it, yet he keeps pushing it anyway. It's like Van who has this weird communal election after God has evaluated faith theory. Everyone knows he's wrong, yet he keeps pushing it. Now you hold a weird theory that you can't even clearly articulate on atonement that everyone knows is wrong, yet you keep pushing it anyway.
 

Van

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Jon, why do you resist the vast amount of scripture showing the substitutionary atonement of Christ.
SNIP.

There is not a shred of evidence from scripture showing the substitutionary "atonement" of Christ.

No one was reconciled when (that instant) Christ died. Not one person was "at one with Christ" when He died.

It is a complete and vulgar fiction that individuals need not be placed spiritually into Christ to be reconciled, i.e. made alive TOGETHER with Christ. That, folks, is the "at one ment." Pay no attention to the gnostic nonsense Calvinism has imbued in their fictional rewrite of the definition of the English word "atonement."
 

Aaron

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The Law is honorable.
The Law is holy, just and good.

What verse is this "Christ on the cross was fulfilling the Law and establishing its righteousness by paying in full the penalty that it demanded"????
What does it mean that Christ "bore our sins on the tree?"

I see in Scripture where our debt is canceled
No you don't. You see that our sin is judged. And you see in the law of the trespass offerings that the debts are paid.

but it looks like you added quite a bit to Scripture here....while (like @AustinC ) ignoring other passages.
Your saying it doesn't make it so.
 

Aaron

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God's law does not change. There is no redemption....no actual forgiveness....under the Law.
There is judgment for sin.

Natural man (the flesh) must die.
No, not must die, will die, or must be changed. And by natural man is meant the spirit of man.

Man must be born again, born of the Spirit.
Born of God, not merely remade or regenerated, to enter the Kingdom.

Th ironic thing is this was the Christian faith . . .
As clarified by comments it was the Faith, and then

... until the Reformation and the introduction of Renaissance moral philosophy into Scripture in order to reword RCC doctrine.
This is patently false.

God's Two Pictures of the Atonement in the Sacrifices

Penal Substitution Theorists do not belueve in a literal spiritual birth (a rebirth) that results in a new creation, the old creation having died.
Patently false.

Otherwise they woukd realize the reborn man is under no condemnation (a just God woukd have no charge to bring....not because he punished somebody else but because He recreated the sinner).
Begging the question.
 
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Aaron

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Scripture provides the answer.

God is immutable - He does not change - His judgment is righteous. He is eternal.
If only you knew what this means.

The man who sins must die.
The man who sins must be atoned for, or will die. And by this is meant will die the Death, stand condemned in the day of wrath. We already died in Adam.

You're trying to put forth that we are paying the wages of our own sin in physical death. Our sins are judged in us, not in Christ. All that remains is to be brought to life. Not only does this betray a very small view of the scope of one's own sin, it betrays a very small view of the work of Christ.

By bearing our sins in His body, you don't mean that He actually took our own sins, but the general ennui and corruption that is a result of being exiled from Eden and having to contend with the abuse of others, and thorns and thistles, hard labor, injury, and decay.

This is a denial of Christ. The Christ you are preaching is not the Christ of the Gospels.

But the righteous of God was manifested apart from the law.
No, it is a righteousness apart from the deeds of the law. The law described the holy, just and perfect righteousness of God. What that law could not do was give life. And now that the One the law bore witness of appeared, the deeds of the law are no longer in force.

Man must still die, for it is appointed man once to die and then the Judgment.
No, unbelievers must still die in their sins. Believers do not die the Death. Mere physical death is not the wages of sin. That's called sleep, really. Not death. And Paul states, that not all believers will sleep, but all will be changed.

So how can God be just - still require that sinners die - and yet forgive sinners?
You can see now that this isn't what is happening. And the question is really, how can God be just, and forgive sinners?

Certainly not through the law (the law condemns).
By the offering typified in the law.

Suppose that One who knew no sin could be made to be sin, and bear the curse of God for them, and rise again because it was not possible, that He could be held by a curse, not even the curse of God.
 
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