Thursday, December 1, 2022

 Eternal salvation in justification by faith and sanctification is not separate. Objective justification and sanctification are inextricably linked to eternal salvation. What's legal is justification, but it's the law's work to sanctify in cursing opposition. Clearly, we're going from one miraculous deliverance to the next! What Christ did for us was remove the law of sanctification and take the punishment that was due, as a result of the curse - freeing us completely. We are dead to the divine law in Christ. The moral law no longer directs us towards those who have passed away in Christ. What's more, it properly directs the eternal curse of punishment onto the wicked, as per the laws. The law that has been implemented is not impartial. It condemns lawlessness. The law that has been implanted firmly opposes our corrupt nature. What I would reasonably argue is that the law adequately captures our flawed nature. No more work is needed - what justifies us is already enough. What we need is to overcome opposition. The apostle said "it wasn't I who do it but that foreign sin nature in me." In my understanding, what the apostle is doing is enforcing a law to contain this foreign nature. It is completely dead by the glorious gospel. We have no relationship to that foreign thing whatsoever; it is dead to us. What I've done is memorized and recited every single word of the Psalms. What I remember most fondly are the four hours I spent on those days – truly a pleasure! What I'm saying is, take the time to really think about the entire book in one day and remember it vividly. What I have experienced is far from an ideal world, yet I find euphoria in the Psalms. What I've been feeling is nothing short of distraught, all because of the way God has cursed the wicked. The Psalms will often evoke a strong emotional response. What I felt was such an extraordinary sense of power that my intelligent eyes felt like they were bulging out! What I've been feeling is an absolute bliss that has lasted for countless hours! Sometimes I just sit and let my conscious thoughts wash over me. What's more, I actually listen to them.What I would do is let Him know my true thoughts, consciously and candidly. Beware! What a man does when he takes away the everlasting consequence of individual sin is nothing short of creating guilt. What makes it so necessary for Christ to exist is the terrible curse - without it, there is no real need for Him. What must be atoned for without the curse? It's the moral sin - through contrition. What it does is fraudulently obtain a cheap confession - at a cost. What sin demanded was the ultimate price of death by sacrifice.  What Jesus says is that He will weaken you with an everlasting love, and it will be a gradual process. What the everlasting gospel makes unmistakably clear is that without gospel everlasting death awaits. Its a obnoxious message to the heathen world. What I'm seeing is so many people just apologizing for divine sovereignty. What God does is never done without His divine sovereignty; He never delegates any judicial authority without it. But sacred word can be sincerely depended on.

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