Zone,
You simply cannot address the specific points I raise with Scripture.
You are thus forced to do this...
oh look!
passages none of us have seen before!
and not one of us but Skinski knows what they mean in real life!
and this...
rubbish.
as usual.
more of your narcissistic fake gospel.
more of your willfully sinful projecting.
You'll say things like this...
i would never deny the Gospel of Jesus Christ which saved me; or that He redeemed me from all iniquity; that He purified me for Himself, or that His Spirit in me made me zealous to do good works.
Yet despite your protests to the contrary you do deny that because you believe that righteousness is in the Blessed Exchange of Martin Luther.
You believe this...
Yesterday we began to speak about the baptism of Christ and said that he accepted it from John for the reason that he was entering into our stead, indeed, our person, that is, becoming a sinner for us, taking upon himself the sins which he had not committed, and wiping them out and drowning them in his holy baptism. And that he did this in accord with the will of God, the heavenly Father, who cast all our sins upon him that he might bear them and not only cleanse us from them through his baptism and make satisfaction for them on the Cross, but also clothe as in his holiness and adorn us with his innocence.Is not this a beautiful, glorious exchange, by which Christ, who is wholly innocent and holy, not only takes upon himself another’s sin, that is, my sin and guilt, but also clothes and adorns me, who am nothing but sin, with his own innocence and purity? And then besides dies the shameful death of the Cross for the sake of my sins, through which I have deserved death and condemnation, and grants to me his righteousness, in order that I may live with him eternally in glorious and unspeakable joy. Through this blessed exchange, in which Christ changes places with us (something the heart can grasp only in faith), and through nothing else, are we freed from sin and death and given his righteousness and life as our own.
Luther, M. (1999, c1959). Vol. 51: Luther’s works, vol. 51 : Sermons I (J. J. Pelikan, H. C. Oswald & H. T. Lehmann, Ed.). Luther’s Works (51:III-316). Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Blessed Exchange � 1517 AD Blog
That is what you are defending and thus for me to reject such teaching is pure heresy in your mind. Martin Luther would have deemed me a heretic too just like he deemed the Ana-Baptists
You claim to be a Lutheran which is a denomination named after this heretic. The same heretic who gave his support and signed in 1536 the "Das Wetliche Oberkeitt den Wideraufferen mit leiblicher straff zu weren schuldig sey" which advocated the execution of those deemed heretics such as the Anabaptists.
Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists
Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists - John S. Oyer - Google Books
Das weltliche Oberkeitt den Widertaufferen mit leiblicher straff zu weren schuldig sey, Etlicher bedencke[n] zu Wittemberg (Book, 1536) [WorldCat.org]
Martin Luther, like you Zone, viewed justification and therefore salvation as an abstract provision which one simply "trusts in" hence he was induced to ass the word "alone" to Rom 3:28 thus making no distinction between the "works of faith" and the works of the law" therefore throwing all works out the window.
Due to this doctrinal conclusion that Martin Luther reached he found that the book of James was in complete contradiction with his premise of "faith alone" where it says...
Jas 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and
by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24 Ye see then how that
by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
So what did Martin Luther do? He simply dismissed the book of James as complete trash as it pertains to the teaching of justification or salvation. Martin Luther said this...
In a word St. John’s Gospel and his first epistle, St. Paul’s epistles, especially Romans, Galatians, and Ephesians, and St. Peter’s first epistle are the books that show you Christ and teach you all that is necessary and salvatory for you to know, even if you were never to see or hear any other book or doctrine. Therefore St. James’ epistle is really an epistle of straw,11 compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the gospel about it. But more of this in the other prefaces.]12
http://www.vasynod.org/files/BibleStudy/GreatestHits/Vol 35 Romans.pdf
Which is rather ironic Zone because you quote 2Tim 3:16...
2Ti 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
...and the denomination you identify with is named after a man who viewed that verse more as "all scripture that he agreed to."
Martin Luther, whose belief in a an abstract salvation based purely on a forensic judicial exchange, being induced to say things like this...
13. If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We, however, says Peter (2. Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where justice will reign. It suffices that through God's glory we have recognized the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day. Do you think such an exalted Lamb paid merely a small price with a meager sacrifice for our sins? Pray hard for you are quite a sinner.
The ONLY REASON that Martin Luther would say such a thing is because of his erroneous belief in being justified whilst still being in a state of inward wickedness. If he actually took heed to the Scripture he would believe this...
Rom 2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Rom 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Rom 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Rom 2:6
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Rom 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
But such warnings mean nothing to so many who adhere to this false gospel. The Bible simply does not teach a cloak for ongoing defilement in the heart. There is no salvation IN sin. God imputes faith as righteousness, it has nothing to do with a Jesus Cloak.
Martin Luther was an antichrist. He wrote great swelling words of emptiness and presented doctrines which justify ongoing sin. Hence he even deemed the conscience and evil thing...
Do not ask anything of your conscience; and if it speaks, do not listen to it; if it insists, stifle it, amuse yourself; if necessary, commit some good big sin, in order to drive it away. Conscience is the voice of Satan, and it is necessary always to do just the contrary of what Satan wishes.
(Sited from: J. Dollinger, La Reforme et les resultants qu’elle a produits. (Trans. E. Perrot, Paris, Gaume, 1848-49), Vol III, pg. 248)
Yet Martin Luther is esteemed among men. Truly one of the false teachers Jesus wanred about who would deceive man. His book "Bondage of the Will" and his reiteration of Augustinian Theology has beguiled many a soul unto damnation.
So Zone when you say this...
in your rabid lust to tear limb from limb all who have gone before you; all who today profess Jesus Christ is Lord (including His under-shepherds to your disgrace and shame); and presumably all who will come after you, you have willfully sought any corruption of the offense of the Cross.
...implying that I am a disgrace for challenging these great theologians and their doctrines of demons I count it as a great compliment because I know I am having an effect. Praise God.
These wolves and their unbliblical teachings stand relatively unchallenged today. They need to be exposed and so does the vast system of error which has overtaken professing Christianity.
You might claim I don't understand the atonement and you are right I honestly don't understand its full ramifications because there is much that the Bible does not say about it. What I do know though is that Jesus Christ purchased us with His blood that we may be redeemed from ALL INIQUITY and PURIFIED by which we can be reconciled to God and thus serve Him acceptably in fear.
We serve a wonderfully gracious and merciful God but God does not wink at ongoing rebellion nor does He cloak it with a forensic judicual decree.
God does not want any to perish but ALL to come to repentance.