43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. *** This is a most interesting parable … and I suppose there are two distinct ways of looking at it. (1)Through...
The L/G distinction presupposes and implies the utter passivity of the creature which only be judged and justified, i.e,, be put to death and raised up anew as total beings – the simul. Som whilst the simul hasn't be satisfactorily thought of by the church fathers, the roots of the...
While hospitalized some time ago, I watched a couple of documentaries on the surprising emergence of Susan Boyle. Judged by outward appearances, she looked like the deck was stacked against her from the start. She was obviously very shy. Not really very attractive. Not young. Unknown and to ...
According to James, those who teach can expect a stricter judgement: “for you know (eidotes; εἰδότες) that we . . . will be judged with greater strictness” (hoti meizon krima lēmpsometha; ὅτιμεῖζονκρίμαλημψόμεθα). This reminder should...
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. (A question often asked in Acts 2 is what language or languages was spoken by the Lord’s disciples which the ...
His death on the cross paid the price for the sins of everyone. Jesus’ death for sins is the foundation for reconciliation with God because God judged our sins in the person of Christ, who died on the cross in our place. Peter said, “Christ died for sins once for all, the just ...
1“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how...
The latter he judged were circulated by the Church as good spiritual reading but were not recognized as authoritative Scripture….The situation remained unclear in the ensuing centuries….According to Catholic doctrine, the proximate criterion of the biblical canon is the infallible decision of the ...
In the NT, Paul wrote about the Lord’s discipline for Christians, saying, “when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world” (1 Cor 11:32). The writer to the Hebrews picked up on Solomon’s words (Prov 3:11-12), saying...
“Since this is the case, in order that the truth may be adjudged to belong to us, “as many as walk according to the rule,” which the church has handed down from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, and Christ from God, the reason of our position is clear, when it determines...