Wrestling with Theology

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We believe, teach, and confess that, even though people who are truly believing <in Christ> and truly converted to God have been freed and exempted from the curse and coercion of the Law, they are still not without the Law on this account. They have been redeemed by God's Son in order that they may exercise themselves in the Law day and night ([Psalm 1:2;] Psalm 119). Even our first pare...

1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power...

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From the beginning of the world these two proclamations have always been taught alongside each other in God's Church, with a proper distinction. The descendants of the well-respected patriarchs, and the patriarchs themselves, called to mind constantly how in the beginning a person had been created righteous and holy by God. They know that through the fraud of the Serpent, Adam transgressed God...

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth...

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First, regarding the necessity or voluntary nature of good works, it is clear that in the Augsburg Confession and its Apology these expressions are often used and repeated--good works are necessary. Likewise, they say it is necessary to do good works, which necessarily follow faith and reconciliation. Likewise, we necessarily are to do, and must do, the kind of good works God has commanded. In the...

10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter. https://wrestlingwiththeology.org/media/podcast/dd_230824.mp3 You can find the Louis Brighton...

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Afterward, a schism arose between some theologians because of the two words necessary and free. The one side argued that the word necessary should not be used about the new obedience, which, they say, does not flow from necessity and coercion, but from a voluntary spirit. The other side insisted on the word necessary. They say obedience is not our option, but regenerate people are obliged to rende...

8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. https://wrestlingwiththeology.org/media/podcast/dd_230817.mp3 You can find the Louis Brighton Revelation Commentary at https://smile.amazon.com/Revelatio...

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''And they glorified God because of me.'' (Galatians 1:24). How many times have people glorified God because of you? And were they the right people? We seek to glorify God in our lives. We seek to have God glorified by our lives. We see this in Jesus' own words, "Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is i...

''And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. They only were hearing it said, "He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy"'' (Galatians 1:22-23). In the fifteen days he was in Jerusalem, Paul only saw Peter and James (Galatians 1:18-19). No other Christian saw him or knew him by sight in Judea. How ca...

''Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.'' (Galatians 1:21). After his meeting with Peter, Paul finally returned home to Tarsus. Tarsus was the capital of the province of Cilicia. What a surprise it probably was for his neighbors growing up to hear his testimony! Definitely one with twists and turns like John Grisham novel. The hometown boy who had left to sit at the fe...

This is false because it is directly opposed to the declaration of Paul, "[Blessed is] the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works" (Romans 4:6). Paul's reason is that we receive both salvation and righteousness in one and the same way. In fact, when we are justified through faith, we receive adoption at the same time and are made heirs of eternal life and salvation. Fo...

''Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days'' (Galatians 1:18). In his epistle to the Galatians, Paul tells the congregation about two visits with Peter. One good. One not so good. This is round one. Three years after his conversion, Paul finally comes to meet Peter. What a meeting that must have been! The self-proclaimed chief...

6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. https://wrestlingwiththeology.org/media/podcast/dd_230810.mp3 You can find the Louis...

''Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem'' (Galatians 1:18). Not only did Paul go back to Damascus to preach. He stayed there for three years. Three years without speaking to one of the Apostles. Three years of rumors about this persecutor turned preacher. Three years of uncertainty. After this time, Paul finally returned to Jerusalem. Three years away. Three days of blindne...

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''I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus'' (Galatians 1:17). After Paul's time in Arabia, he went back to Damascus. The place where he had seen Jesus. The place where he had to be snuck out over the wall in a basket to protect his life (Acts 9:23-25). It takes great courage to go back to a place where they wanted to kill you. That zeal made him a great Gospel p...

''Nor did I go up to Jerusalem ... but I went away into Arabia'' (Galatians 1:17). The Arabian peninsula has been a great place in Christian history. Abraham and Isaac sojourned there in their time. Moses brought the Israelites out of Egypt to Mount Sinai. Paul went there to study and reinforce his newborn faith. Many early Church fathers fled into Arabia to live as hermits in the...

''[God] was pleased to reveal His Son to me, in order that I might preach Him among the Gentiles'' (Galatians 1:16). God reveals His Son to everyone. It may be by vision or by word. But God reveals Jesus to everyone. To Paul, Jesus appeared on the Damascus road. To the Gentiles, He sent Paul. This calling to preach to the Gentiles transformed the Christian Church. Several in the Je...

One side has contended that the righteousness of faith, which the apostle calls God's righteousness, is God’s essential righteousness. They say this is Christ Himself as God's true, natural, and essential Son, who dwells in the elect by faith and moves them to do right. And so He is their righteousness. Compared with this great ocean of righteousness, the sins of all men are as a drop of w...