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"Johann Gerhard: 'We confess with a loud voice that we maintain God found nothing good in those men to be elected to eternal life, that He did not take into consideration either good works or the use of free will, indeed not even of faith itself, that would have thereby moved Him to elect some or that for His own sake He elected some."

- Walther's Works: Predestination, pp. 25

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The western church denominations briefly explored in connection with the Ethiopian protestant denominations. #lutheran #protestant #denominations #ethiopia አብያተ ክርስቲያናት (Mainline Churches): ኦርቶዶክስ፤ ካቶሊክ እና ፕሮቴስታንት ቤተ እምነቶች (Denominations): Eastern…

Against the Invocation of Saints Pt. 3 [Scriptum #26.3]

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Against the Invocation of Saints Pt. 3 [Scriptum #26.3]

Purchase Seth's book here: Amazon: https://amzn.to/4c9oSyI Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/shop/seth-kasten/against-the-invocation-of-saints/paperback/product-vpq7qy.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Seth goes through the third part of his recent book on the invocation…

1. On the part of God there are two purposes for the vicarious atonement. First, His divine justice must be satisfied, for God is not willing to remit sins without satisfaction being made. Quenstedt insists that this contention is not his personal conjecture, but is based solidly on what Paul says in Rom. 3:24-26. The δωϱεάν here does not rule out a price paid (cf. Matt. 10:8; 2 Cor. 11:7), but human work-righteousness and merit. The causa finalis of Christ’s work here is ἔνδειξις τñς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ (v. 25). The δικαιοσύνη in this verse is to be taken as iustitia διανεμητική et ἀνταποδοτική, a righteousness which rewards or requites, not viewed according to the rigor of God’s justice only, but as an evangelical, equitable righteousness (ἐπιείκεια evangelica). This righteousness is a modulation of righteousness and mercy. Thus God punishes the sins of others in His Son, who was made a bondsman for sinners.

The second purpose of the vicarious atonement on God’s part is to show forth the mercy which He has toward our fallen race. And how more clearly could He show His love for us than by sending His own Son to be our Substitute (Rom. 5:8; John 3:16; 15:13; Eph. 5:25; 1 John 3:16)?

–Quenstedt, Johannes; Preus, Robert. Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt (pp. 190\-191).

A General Introduction to the Subject of Depression

This is the love of God: rather than banish men eternally from heaven, He removed Himself from heaven, clothed Himself with flesh, became a Creature of a creature, enclosed Himself in the womb of the virgin, was wrapped in rags, laid in hay, and housed in a barn. Nor does His love stop at this point; but after a life spent in poverty and adversities this love drove Christ to the ground on Olivet, bound Him in chains, delivered Him to jailers, cut Him with the lash, crowned Him with thorns, fastened Him with nails to the cross, and gave Him to drink the cup of bitterness. And finally this love compelled Him to die, to die for adversaries and enemies (Rom. 5:6). Continuously and in these sundry ways Jesus, who thirsted so greatly for our salvation, declared His love and mercy toward the human race. (Thesis 41, ad. Rom. 5:8, Obs. 1)

–Quenstedt, Johannes; Preus, Robert. Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt (pp. 191-192). Synoptic Text Information Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

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