Fifty Shades of UOJ - WELS Documented

WELS Documented, you continue to promote the false gospel of Universal Objective Justification in your blog. This article being the most recent example when the author states, "consider being more worried about the way God will judge others for their thoughts on the subject, and then do everything in your power to help people see the mistakes they're making and the way Jesus loves them and forgives them anyway.)"

His statement regarding the object of Christ's forgiveness includes the whole world of unbelievers - people. This is faithful to the WELS' teaching that Christ has forgiven the whole world of unbelievers who do not have the gracious gift of the Holy Spirit's faith, Christ's righteousness, in Christ alone.

This is contrary to Christ's own Word in Mark 4:12 “That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.” It is through God's Means of Grace that He works Godly contrition over sin and faith in Christ alone. It is through the gracious gift of faith in Christ alone that individuals put on Christ's righteousness and are adopted as His children, are forgiven all sin and are saved eternally.

Nothing good will come of your efforts as long as you continue to confess, promote and defend the false gospel of Universal Objective Justification in opposition to Scripture and the Christian Book of Concord.

In Christ,
Brett Meyer

It's more Antinomial than the Universalism you keep driving at, Brett.

The doctrine of Objective Justification rightly taught speaks of the debt against mankind forgiven in the death and resurrection of Christ. Even though the gift of Grace (His forgiveness) extends to all men, a man does not possess what he rejects. So to say as you do that unbelievers are forgiven subjectively in Objective Justification is false.

What concerns me is the 'Evangelism by Guilt" that the WELS is peddling these days; that it is our fault if a sinner is lost because we don't communicate at just the right time in just the right way. God's Word is an offense to those who are not walking in the light and have no desire to; so we should expect a negative reaction most of the time. It's called bearing the cross.

"What concerns me is the 'Evangelism by Guilt" that the WELS is peddling these days; that it is our fault if a sinner is lost because we don't communicate at just the right time in just the right way."

Joe Krohn, that's a serious charge you're leveling. Where's your evidence? I've never witnessed this in a WELS church, nor have I seen it promoted at conferences or conventions, nor have I read about it in any journals or magazines or been taught it in any seminary summer quarter classes.

Look around you, anonymous. What do think is fueling all the contemporary churches springin up in the WELS???

I will agree and disagree with Joe. I don't believe that WELS is peddling this evangelism by guilt. But what I believe is happening is that far, far too many WELS pastors are filling their head with Evangelical books, and that's where they're picking up this nonsense of evangelism by guilt. I had one well known WELS pastor tell me that his greatest fear is someone going to hell because he missed an opportunity to bring them the gospel. Evangelical drivel. You are what you read, and too many of us are reading too much American Evangelicalism.