tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post6643870807154514967..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: On SanctificationWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-34888596677393923342008-02-20T23:16:00.000-06:002008-02-20T23:16:00.000-06:00Oh, I see; thanks for the clarification.Keeping tr...Oh, I see; thanks for the clarification.<BR/><BR/>Keeping track of good works? Yikes! That's already an evil work, isn't it? Namely, pride.<BR/><BR/>Although I can imagine a bright side to it. Namely, if one were to do this keeping track with bravery and honesty, he would in all likelihood find not a single deed that was 100% pure, and that discovery might be salutary!Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-30611478532630187422008-02-20T22:39:00.000-06:002008-02-20T22:39:00.000-06:00Pr. Wilken was referring to the sheep not keeping ...Pr. Wilken was referring to the sheep not keeping track of their good works; not that they don't examine their lives to confess their sin.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-40335512178778937332008-02-20T22:31:00.000-06:002008-02-20T22:31:00.000-06:00What does it mean that "The Sheep Don't Keep Track...What does it mean that "The Sheep Don't Keep Track"?<BR/><BR/>Pr. Weedon recently shared with me the examination of conscience Lutherans use before Confession. Isn't that keeping track?<BR/><BR/>Keeping track is so useful. Keeps one humble, throws him back again and again upon God's mercy.<BR/><BR/>???Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-47950563609689366632008-02-20T16:00:00.001-06:002008-02-20T16:00:00.001-06:00Todd, Checked it out. Very good.Todd, <BR/><BR/>Checked it out. Very good.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-11133089538275968452008-02-20T16:00:00.000-06:002008-02-20T16:00:00.000-06:00Diana,I think the difference (it always boils down...Diana,<BR/><BR/>I think the difference (it always boils down to this for me) is the difference between imitation and mystical union. Imitation does not necessarily imply participation in that life to which you are striving - there's how Jesus did it, now you go try to do the same. And that always leaves a person under a crushing burden of law. <BR/><BR/>Mystical union implies rather participation: Christ, who is the Forgiveness of all your sins and your complete and total holiness, gives you Himself that you can come to live more and more of His life. His love becoming your love, His joys becoming your joys, His patience becoming your patience. It's not a matter so much of trying to be LIKE Him, as it is a matter of becoming one WITH Him. And this lands you not in the realm of will-power, but of faith clinging to Him in His Word and Sacraments and by prayer. <BR/><BR/>It's not that it's not a struggle, a genuine striving to live from our union with Him - it is, really and truly - but it's the difference between living from a present reality already yours and training yourself to think out from that, to act out from that, and to celebrate it, vs. striving toward something you don't possess.<BR/><BR/>Now, is that goobledy-gook or does it make a modicum of sense?William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-90551785770087787392008-02-20T15:48:00.000-06:002008-02-20T15:48:00.000-06:00Thank you, Pastor. I needed this. I'm anxiously ...Thank you, Pastor. I needed this. I'm anxiously waiting for your response to Diana above. LUCKYJEANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-82351634182513489862008-02-20T11:47:00.000-06:002008-02-20T11:47:00.000-06:00Will:You might be interested in something I've wr...Will:<BR/><BR/>You might be interested in something I've written for the next Journal about progress in Sanctification, "Sheep Don't Keep Track"<BR/><BR/>I'll email it to you.<BR/><BR/>TWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-35080618550623675862008-02-20T10:25:00.000-06:002008-02-20T10:25:00.000-06:00Pastor Weedon,You said,"It is not at all so much t...Pastor Weedon,<BR/><BR/>You said,<BR/>"It is not at all so much the case that holiness grows in you, but that you grow in holiness." <BR/><BR/>That makes sense in my mind, but how is the distinction made in how I live out my life? In either case I am trying, through the Holy Spirit, to learn to live in God's will, live in obedience to Him, love God and my neighbor. <BR/><BR/>It almost strikes me as a "name it and claim it" statement. What is the difference between knowing I am a sinner and trying to live in obedience to God and knowing I am holy and trying to live in obedience to God? Is it only that in the latter I should not be driven to despair?<BR/><BR/>Respectfully,<BR/>DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-4697374459027989952008-02-19T23:00:00.000-06:002008-02-19T23:00:00.000-06:00It's given whole, to be sure! God doesn't give by...It's given whole, to be sure! God doesn't give by halves. Yet the Scriptural image is that it is given in seed form. The seed must grow, the talent must be invested, the yeast must leaven the whole loaf, etc.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-47536832578391028872008-02-19T22:02:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:02:00.000-06:00I had a pastor friend who constructed Paul's argum...I had a pastor friend who constructed Paul's argument this way: "Be what you are." As in, "be holy because you are holy."<BR/><BR/>It's the exact opposite of "become holy by acting holy."Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484863804749639654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-14454639797544558002008-02-19T15:29:00.000-06:002008-02-19T15:29:00.000-06:00Good. I made similar comments here. At least I thi...Good. I made similar comments <A HREF="http://www.bldavis.org/?p=7" REL="nofollow">here</A>. At least I think they're similar.Brian D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05215813945862752435noreply@blogger.com