Worldview Everlasting - Universal Objective Justification?:
Feb02
Where do you come done on Universal Objective Justification? I have a hard time with it, perhaps not a hard a time as Gregory L. Jackson and his Ichabod blog. Still I don’t see Scriptural supporting it. Maybe it’s worse in WELS but I’ve heard it mentioned on Issues Etc. too. I’m an old guy that has recently returned to the church to reconnect with my Lutheran roots, well the church was still there but I’m having a hard time finding any Lutherans.
The easiest and most succinct Biblical explanation is an examination of Romans 3:22b-24:
“For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,”
To break this apart:
1) Who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God? All
2) Who are the ones that are then justified by God’s grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus? The same “all”
1) Who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God? All
2) Who are the ones that are then justified by God’s grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus? The same “all”
To sum: all have sinned… the same “all” are justified
The subjects of the verbs agree. There is no different subject as in “all fall short… *only some* are justified”. Rather the second phrase: “and are justified” uses the same subject as the first clause.
The plain and simple truth of the matter is that Christ’s death on the cross means absolutely nothing if he did not die for every single son of Adam (all people, in all times, and in all places).
Faith then clings to this proclamation and receives this (which we call subjective justification).
Rev. Matthew Lorfeld
'via Blog this'
GJ - Haha. Lorfeld had to add an "all" to make UOJ dogma come out the way he wished.
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UOJ is the reason he's having a hard time finding any Lutherans. The Lutheran Synods have officially jettisoned Christ and the chief and central article of Justification solely by faith in Christ alone. Notice how Rev. Lorfeld accurately teaches the object of UOJ's faith - "this proclamation". In contrast Scripture declares that the faith of the Holy Spirit graciously worked in men solely through the Means of Grace, Word and Sacraments, clings to Christ and Him crucified.
Rev. Lorfeld and the other hirelings teaching Justification without faith should provide the Scripture passage that declares a person believe he was forgiven before he believed - nay, even if he never believes.