tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post4857583197567072895..comments2024-03-25T20:03:03.657-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Salvation comes neither by law nor by cheap graceDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-15300886685605032372011-09-30T07:37:26.400-06:002011-09-30T07:37:26.400-06:00The word law in Rom. 2:13 is referencing a law tha...The word law in Rom. 2:13 is referencing a law that has been added to the law after Jesus' crucifixion. See Rom. 5:20 & Heb. 7:12. In the statement of Gal. 2:21 the word law is referencing the Sinai code. There are no works or performance requirments of this code that will result in any person being declared righteous by God. The term "rightly dividing the Word of truth" is correctly disquingishing what the word law is referencing. In your mind the word "fulfilled" means abolished, but it actually means complete. In your tangled headed belief system the crucifixion of Jesus is viewed as a work or performance requirment relative to the Sinai code. However no person will be justified from anything whenever a person assumes to have derived a direct benefit toward himself by any man's death caused by bloodshed. Even Jesus himself plainly states that the issue of guilt relative to sin remains as the outstanding issue AFTER his crucifixion. "When he comes he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin". His crucifixon has not resolved anything. But it has placed you in the position of either obeying God exactly as he demands of you by Jesus' crucifixion or pay hell for not obeying him by the faith to obey a law that has been added by his only begotten son's crucifixion. Unless you change your tangeled headed view point to the understanding that the crucifixion of Jesus is an accountable sin for you you will pay hell for not satisfactorily accounting directly to God of it.Theodore A. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197982266788152081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-20117506372261514632011-09-30T06:08:37.936-06:002011-09-30T06:08:37.936-06:00"For the whole lawk is fulfilled in one state..."For the whole lawk is fulfilled in one statement, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Gal. 5:14)<br /><br />Yet, how many times do I fail in this, even after Baptism? Too many to name! This is why "a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified." (Gal. 2:16).<br /><br />Indeed, "if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. (Gal. 2:21b) <br /><br />We could proof text all day back-and-forth, which only shows the dialectical tension about which I wrote.Dcn Scott Dodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-55532514781118820492011-09-29T08:45:03.992-06:002011-09-29T08:45:03.992-06:00"It is NOT those who hear the law who are rig..."It is NOT those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who OBEY the law who will be declared righteous." Rom. 2:13<br />One has been added after Jesus' crucifixion.Theodore A. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197982266788152081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-15046003867220141102011-05-06T07:47:16.330-06:002011-05-06T07:47:16.330-06:00Thanks, Brian. It great to hear from you. How exci...Thanks, Brian. It great to hear from you. How exciting about your upcoming ordination.I am sure you diocese will be richly blessed.<br /><br />Yes, I think Bonhoeffer is a saint, most certainly. Around the jubilee year in 2000 there was some talk about the Catholic Church perhaps canonizing or giving some official recognition to the witness of non-Catholics. Bonhoeffer's name was certainly mentioned. Besides, he did his doctoral dissertation on the communion of the saintsDcn Scott Dodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-13501466643858571332011-05-06T05:00:56.423-06:002011-05-06T05:00:56.423-06:00Hello Deacon Scott !
Great post. I purchased &quo...Hello Deacon Scott !<br /><br />Great post. I purchased "Cost of Discipleship" long ago, and have used it for many presentations on discipleship. I think Bonhoeffer may be a saint. What do you think?<br /><br />By the way, P.Diaconate ordination day is May 21 - Archdiocese of Newark, NJ. 35 wonderful men. Thank you for all the inspiration.Brianhttp://www.abookofeverything.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com