tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post255200738292250326..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Old Lutheran Quote of the DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-29713710795968719152007-09-22T15:18:00.000-05:002007-09-22T15:18:00.000-05:00True righteousness is faith, but not because of fa...True righteousness is faith, but not because of faith itself, but because of what faith holds tight to. "In ipsa fide Christus adest" as Luther said. Or in more detail: "Therefore, faith justifies because it takes hold of and possesses this treasure, the present Christ." (Great Galatians)William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-90500310095812856062007-09-22T14:52:00.000-05:002007-09-22T14:52:00.000-05:00Uh-huh. But not in the sense of imputing causing ...Uh-huh. But not in the sense of imputing causing something to be there which was not already there. True righteousness, the res, not the nomen, begins and ends with faith, is predicated upon faith, IS faith in action. <BR/><BR/>Sin, likewise, was already there, already in us, independently of God imputing it. <BR/><BR/>AnastasiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-69529147032813612982007-09-22T13:49:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:49:00.000-05:00Well, as to the uselessness of imputation, you wil...Well, as to the uselessness of imputation, you will need to take that up with the Blessed Apostle. He's the one who wrote Romans 4:5,6!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-13008402435504434062007-09-22T13:38:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:38:00.000-05:00Yup, it's real participation, and not merely imput...Yup, it's real participation, and not merely imputational. And that applies both to the sin of man and the righteousness of Christ. <BR/><BR/>Which sort of seems (to me) to make imputation superfluous, in the face of the reality.<BR/><BR/>AnastasiaAnastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com