tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422410239991902086.post8021978857940440064..comments2024-03-26T00:19:08.753-07:00Comments on The World's Ruined: Calvin, Concerning the Obedience of Believers (3)Jack Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281378425270530573noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422410239991902086.post-68939228444735936082015-09-22T08:22:58.515-07:002015-09-22T08:22:58.515-07:00Richard Gaffin--"It would be perverse, then, ...<br />Richard Gaffin--"It would be perverse, then, to read Paul’s teaching on the final judgment, as well as my discussion of it here, as leaving believers in this life, in the face of death, uncertain of the future—unable to know for sure the outcome for them at the final judgment and wondering whether they have produced enough 'good works' in this life for a favorable verdict at that point entitling them to eternal life. To the contrary, everything at stake here, including their assurance, depends on Christ—specifically, if it needs to be said again, his finished righteousness, imputed to them and received by faith alone. At the same time, Paul’s teaching on the final judgment and the role it will have for believers does put in ultimate perspective the integral, unbreakable bond he sees between justification and sanctification, and the truth that faith as 'the alone instrument of justification is not alone in the person justified' (Westminster Confession of Faith 11.2)." ( By Faith, Not By Sight)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233995709579822605noreply@blogger.com