tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post17556384685513055..comments2024-02-27T06:42:59.658-08:00Comments on Assembly Quest: Justificationclumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-44594883068055118992007-05-02T12:43:00.000-07:002007-05-02T12:43:00.000-07:00As a "post-evangelical", I'm very comfortable with...As a "post-evangelical", I'm very comfortable with that statement.KingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-57090752744780999882007-05-02T11:40:00.000-07:002007-05-02T11:40:00.000-07:00'This often gets rushed so that we can move to the...'This often gets rushed so that we can move to the "more important" principle about doing good works.'<BR/><BR/>Wow! When you put it that way, it's obvious just how terrible it is to do that.<BR/><BR/>I tend to be suspicious of anything that attributes an ulterior motive to God in salvation. That rule-of-thumb eliminates most modern Evangelical thought.clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-7258482263422941232007-05-02T09:57:00.000-07:002007-05-02T09:57:00.000-07:00I'll be headed to the street just in front of your...I'll be headed to the street just in front of your house after dusk tonight. I'll be setting up "Jared's Discount Pitchforks and Torch-o-rama" so I can get some extra cash to pay off my student loans. I love it when the laws of supply and demand work in my favor!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, that's so true, though. This often gets rushed so that we can move to the "more important" principle about doingKingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-53175113019993576632007-05-02T08:35:00.000-07:002007-05-02T08:35:00.000-07:00Excellent, excellent. I couldn't possibly agree m...Excellent, <I>excellent.</I> I couldn't possibly agree more.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261271864837959598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-10182616634095381032007-05-02T06:39:00.000-07:002007-05-02T06:39:00.000-07:00I hear you. I was almost sweating in fear when I p...I hear you. I was almost sweating in fear when I posted that. I could just hear all the screaming Christians outside my house with torches and pitchforks...<BR/><BR/>In the end, justification is our foundation. If you rush the foundation, you get a crooked building. So I decided to give the fulness of justification sink in a little before heading over to Romans 6 and "What shall we say then?"<BR/clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-39352387078224792172007-05-02T06:23:00.000-07:002007-05-02T06:23:00.000-07:00Something inside of me wants to attempt to balance...Something inside of me wants to attempt to balance this out by saying something about fruit, but I will avoid that. I don't think we hear this often enough because it is considered "dangerous" by many, and because legalism is rampant in the church.<BR/><BR/>It is for those very reasons I think we forget that God has justified us once and for all. I am thankful for that. Now if only I could KingJaymzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634900494300298298noreply@blogger.com