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Kenneth Harris’ recommendation of Rutherford’s insistence on justification in time contradicts the Anglican Reformers who spoke of a three-fold manifestation of justification i.e. from eternity, in the conscience and at glorification. So, too, Presbyterian Reformers such as Witsius outlined justification in nine stages from eternity into time. Our Reformers accounted the elect just before God in union with Christ from eternity by having Christ’s …
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… Hulse’s unjust criticism is continued under the title John Gill – Eternal Justification. Here Hulse confuses Gill’s doctrine of Justification from Eternity with Eternal Justification, arguing that adherence to the latter doctrine proves Gill to be a Hyper. Gill’s doctrine of Justification from Eternity deals with the source a nd application of justification seen in relation to God’s infinite a nd immutable decrees a nd Christ’s atoning work in the …
… against the reformed faith. Radically denying the experimental, new-life-giving work of God in Justification so much emphasised by the New Testament writers and our Reformers, Eveson proclaimed that it was merely a legal, ‘as if’ act with no actual transforming of the sinner into a saint. Using the most inappropriate illustration of North and South Korea to describe justification, Eveson taught that it was all a matter of status. One was a citizen of the North as a condemned sinner, …
… a reviewer.
This unjust criticism is continued under the title John Gill – Eternal Justification. Here Hulse confuses Gill’s doctrine of Justification from Eternity with Eternal Justification, arguing that adherence to the latter doctrine proves Gill to be a Hyper. Gill’s doctrine of Justification from Eternity deals with the source and application of justification seen in relation to God’s infinite and immutable decrees and Christ’s atoning work in the fullness of …
… Declaration outlined in Issue 7650 lose their force because the doctrine of forensic, declarative justification outlined therein is not that of our Reformers. It reflects the Humanism taught by Philip Melanchthon, often called Germany’s Erasmus. Unlike the bulk of Reformers including Bucer, Bullinger, Calvin and the English compilers of the 39 Articles and Homilies, the Melanchthon school taught a mere passive, non-causative, forensic justification turned into actual justification through …
Robert Williams on Wycliffe
Dec 19
… Reformed in his doctrines of salvation. He refused to separate election, calling, conversion, justification and sanctification from each other as they were all the one result of Christ’s atoning death. Lechler/Green, in their lack of theological acumen, spread the myth that Wycliffe ‘confused’ the one with the other. Justification by faith alone does not mean that faith is to be considered alone without reference to, say, good works. Nor does it mean that justification stands alone …
Christian Bennett’s Review
Aug 15
… Here, I am accused of mistaking Berkof, and ‘scolding’ Pink and Murray concerning eternal justification, a doctrine I never mention as it was not held by Hervey.
Though I state correctly on page 332 that Berkof viewed justification as God’s decree, Bennett reads this as a reference to eternal justification which Berkof rejects. Bennett’s remarks suggest either that he does not look on justification as God’s decree in opposition to Berkof, or he believes, again contra …
Clifford’s New Reformation
Dec 11
… (Issue 7780) wants a New Reformation, built on his own mixture of Amyraldism, legal, fictive justification and works-righteousness, arguing that the old Biblical Reformation was wrong. I am suspicious of Clifford’s lip-rejection of Rome and denounce his false Protestantism. Clifford’s atonement is not the Biblical-Reformed doctrine on which our reconciliation, redemption, justification and sanctification are built. The Bride for whom Christ died is redeemed, justified and sanctified …
… dumbing down doctrinal issues. Their views of the Trinity, redemption, atonement, the gospel, law, justification, sanctification and the Church alone can be ranked from sub to anti Reformed and several subscribers’ views of the Scriptures are Barthian and Liberal. They have found unity in signing the same document, but there the unity ends. Indeed, the separate publications of the subscribers show what a farce the unity behind Affirmation 2010 is.
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