From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Sun Jan 11 1998 - 23:02:32 EST
At 04:35 PM 1/11/98 +0000, you wrote:
>I hate to sound stupid, but just to be sure: are you referring here
>specifically to Luther's commentary on Romans?
>
Yes- sorry that I was not clear here.
>
>Agreed. But does this imply that the faith of Christ is somehow
>*imputed* to believers and not merely given to them?
I dont really think that "imputed" and "given" can be distinguished.
>If so, would
>that mean that scripture speaks of 3 things that are imputed:
>righteousness, sin, and faith (I always thought it was only the first
>two that scripture spoke of as being imputed). I'm not saying that
>this is definitely what your view leads to; but it does occur to me
>as the next logical step.
And the correct one. (Sound calvinistic don't I?)
>
>Sola Gratia,
>
>Jeremy
>
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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