http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/05/29/true-story-4-the-truncated-cross/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-story-4-the-truncated-cross Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/05/29/true-story-4-the-truncated-cross/#comment-2463 Brian Fri, 30 May 2008 21:05:58 +0000 http://trevinwax.wordpress.com/?p=1340#comment-2463 ["Once the atonement theories disappear, we are left with the vague description of Jesus being “infected” so that we could die to our evil and have our goodness rise again. This weak description leads to the embrace of something akin to Catholicism’s “infusion of grace” instead of imputation of righteousness."] Is pelagianism alive and well? Perhaps with Choung, but not with the RCC. The RCC infusion of grace promised in 2 Pt 1:4 provides that we will "share in the divine nature." Pelagianism no, but total depravity? No, again. No doubt though that Jesus wants us, our will, and our sins. Bring them all to the cross and give them to him. Be baptized into his death and rise to new life in him (Rom 6)... that's the atonement story. ["Once the atonement theories disappear, we are left with the vague description of Jesus being “infected” so that we could die to our evil and have our goodness rise again. This weak description leads to the embrace of something akin to Catholicism’s “infusion of grace” instead of imputation of righteousness."] Is pelagianism alive and well? Perhaps with Choung, but not with the RCC. The RCC infusion of grace promised in 2 Pt 1:4 provides that we will “share in the divine nature.” Pelagianism no, but total depravity? No, again. No doubt though that Jesus wants us, our will, and our sins. Bring them all to the cross and give them to him. Be baptized into his death and rise to new life in him (Rom 6)… that’s the atonement story.

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