Statement on Social justice - Part 7
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yrieithyddSo in the first post in this series I tackled Scripture from the Statement on Social Justice. Article 2: Imago Dei was the subject of part 2 article 3 was on Justice. Article 4. God's Law.
Article 5 Sin Article 6: (20% of the) gospel And so to Article 7
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Sola Christe - very much in the Reformed Tradition. The second denial is of the Wesley understanding of Christian Perfection - salvation to the uttermost is only in the day of Christ.
Having had the passage from the epistle of James on Sunday which states that faith alone is dead and a sermon showing how it is possible to understand both that and Romans without dismissing James as an epistle of straw as Luther did, this is a reminder that some people are still very entrenched in the Reformation arguments.
Again the background of slavery and segregation is not made explicit, but we are united regardless of age, ethnicity or sex. Actually I'm intrigued about the inclusion of age here as I'm not sure that's every been a particular point of controversy, except as regards the age at which someone can be baptised, and given this statement comes out of the Southern Baptist Convention, I assume they still hold that my baptism as at 3 weeks isn't valid.
I would like to know more about what they are reacting to in the final denial here. The fact they need to deny these things implies that they thing people are saying (or have said) the opposite, but I'm not familiar with people saying such things, apart from perhaps some justifications for mistreating black people because they were not seen as fully human, but the second part reads as something they think other people have been saying.
Interestingly here we have got the Galatians 3:28 reference. Again nothing from the Gospels.
Next time the Church
Article 5 Sin Article 6: (20% of the) gospel And so to Article 7
Salvation
WE AFFIRM that salvation is granted by God’s grace alone received through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. Every believer is united to Christ, justified before God, and adopted into his family. Thus, in God’s eyes there is no difference in spiritual value or worth among those who are in Christ. Further, all who are united to Christ are also united to one another regardless of age, ethnicity, or sex. All believers are being conformed to the image of Christ. By God’s regenerating and sanctifying grace all believers will be brought to a final glorified, sinless state of perfection in the day of Jesus Christ.
WE DENY that salvation can be received in any other way. We also deny that salvation renders any Christian free from all remaining sin or immune from even grievous sin in this life. We further deny that ethnicity excludes anyone from understanding the gospel, nor does anyone’s ethnic or cultural heritage mitigate or remove the duty to repent and believe.
SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 3:15; ACTS 20:32; ROMANS 3-4; EPHESIANS 2:8-9; GALATIANS 3:28-29; 1 JOHN 2:1-2
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Sola Christe - very much in the Reformed Tradition. The second denial is of the Wesley understanding of Christian Perfection - salvation to the uttermost is only in the day of Christ.
Having had the passage from the epistle of James on Sunday which states that faith alone is dead and a sermon showing how it is possible to understand both that and Romans without dismissing James as an epistle of straw as Luther did, this is a reminder that some people are still very entrenched in the Reformation arguments.
Again the background of slavery and segregation is not made explicit, but we are united regardless of age, ethnicity or sex. Actually I'm intrigued about the inclusion of age here as I'm not sure that's every been a particular point of controversy, except as regards the age at which someone can be baptised, and given this statement comes out of the Southern Baptist Convention, I assume they still hold that my baptism as at 3 weeks isn't valid.
I would like to know more about what they are reacting to in the final denial here. The fact they need to deny these things implies that they thing people are saying (or have said) the opposite, but I'm not familiar with people saying such things, apart from perhaps some justifications for mistreating black people because they were not seen as fully human, but the second part reads as something they think other people have been saying.
Interestingly here we have got the Galatians 3:28 reference. Again nothing from the Gospels.
Next time the Church
