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Ryan,Originally posted by Puritanhead
Well my inclination has always been to say 'simultaneously'... but then I caught Romans 8:23... which says,
...groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons...
The way it's articulated by the Apostle Paul, it almost makes me think adoption is some future event like our resurrection
Nonetheless, we're predestined to be adopted. So, it might as well be considered a finished matter, and in that sense it was settled for God's flock before time immemorial and 2,000 years ago on the Cross at Calvary.
Then I catch Romans 8:15. I guess it seems like that here, but not here yet here tension to the nature of God's kingdom.
For any politicos, I feel like I'm reading Federalist #39 here, and I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth...
Originally posted by Scott Bushey
Ryan,
I believe we are adopted, being adopted and will be fully adopted at glorification; This is what I believe Paul means.
I thought about it with respect to the ordo salutis in terms of logical priority. Are we not simultaneously adopted even as we are declared righteous? Justification, after all, is that we are found in Christ and identified with Him.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
'Concurrent'? Are you asking if it is simultaneous?
It is part of a miraculous prcoess. You cannot be adopted until that time you are justified. Hence, it follows justification.
Originally posted by Scott Bushey
Romans 8:29-30 "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
Originally posted by BaptistInCrisis
Originally posted by Scott Bushey
Romans 8:29-30 "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
Scott - I am not saying I disagree with the orthodox ordo salutis. My question as more to do with God's view, not ours. Romans 8:29-30 tells waht God has done, but does it necessarily follow that He acted in a process fashion? In the infinite mind of God are parts equal to the whole without fitting into a linear timeframe?
Just asking.
Originally posted by SemperFideles
I thought about it with respect to the ordo salutis in terms of logical priority. Are we not simultaneously adopted even as we are declared righteous? Justification, after all, is that we are found in Christ and identified with Him.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
'Concurrent'? Are you asking if it is simultaneous?
It is part of a miraculous prcoess. You cannot be adopted until that time you are justified. Hence, it follows justification.
If the original question is with respect to time then they occur simultaneously. Logical priority is debatable but, again, I just can't see separating being in Christ and being adopted by God. I'm not trying to conflate the two but I can't see separating them on a logical priority line either.
Originally posted by C. Matthew McMahon
The WCF, rightly I think, separates justification and adoption into two sections.
Precisely Scott. Thank you for clarifying that I meant to write that God does it all by chance in a disorganized and confused way.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
If not linear, then what? Chance? Disorginization? Confusion? Everything that happens to men is inside of time. God may act outside of time, but it effects us inside. As well, As far as God acting in a proceesed fashion, has He not done this throughout the scriptures? God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days and rested on the seventh. Time and process.
I quite agree. My point was not to conflate the two as identical concepts but I'm just not certain that one has logical priority. I'm just thinking out loud that we are declared righteous because we are clothed in Christ. If we are in Christ are we not also adopted?Posted by Matt
The WCF, rightly I think, separates justification and adoption into two sections.
Originally posted by SemperFideles
Precisely Scott. Thank you for clarifying that I meant to write that God does it all by chance in a disorganized and confused way.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
If not linear, then what? Chance? Disorginization? Confusion? Everything that happens to men is inside of time. God may act outside of time, but it effects us inside. As well, As far as God acting in a proceesed fashion, has He not done this throughout the scriptures? God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days and rested on the seventh. Time and process.
I quite agree. My point was not to conflate the two as identical concepts but I'm just not certain that one has logical priority. I'm just thinking out loud that we are declared righteous because we are clothed in Christ. If we are in Christ are we not also adopted?Posted by Matt
The WCF, rightly I think, separates justification and adoption into two sections.
Two different issues for sure but is the basis for our justification also that we are identified with Christ and, if so identified, are we not adopted? It may even be possible to argue that we are adopted before we are justified since Christ's covering is the basis for justification.
Of course, I am not so confident in the position that I'll die on that hill...which is why I'm talking it all out.
Thanks Brother. Forgive me too. It is Monday AM and I checked this at 0520 before I left for work this AM. I was a bit groggy and irritable at the time.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
Originally posted by SemperFideles
Precisely Scott. Thank you for clarifying that I meant to write that God does it all by chance in a disorganized and confused way.Originally posted by Scott Bushey
If not linear, then what? Chance? Disorginization? Confusion? Everything that happens to men is inside of time. God may act outside of time, but it effects us inside. As well, As far as God acting in a proceesed fashion, has He not done this throughout the scriptures? God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days and rested on the seventh. Time and process.
I quite agree. My point was not to conflate the two as identical concepts but I'm just not certain that one has logical priority. I'm just thinking out loud that we are declared righteous because we are clothed in Christ. If we are in Christ are we not also adopted?Posted by Matt
The WCF, rightly I think, separates justification and adoption into two sections.
Two different issues for sure but is the basis for our justification also that we are identified with Christ and, if so identified, are we not adopted? It may even be possible to argue that we are adopted before we are justified since Christ's covering is the basis for justification.
Of course, I am not so confident in the position that I'll die on that hill...which is why I'm talking it all out.
Rich,
Please forgive me if my post was offensive. It was not meant that way. As I read your post, I started thinking out loud and typing. I have this bad habit of just hitting keys. I was just mentally addressing the other treatments left up for grabs in contrast to 'linear'. I believe my response was to Bill actually. Bill, no offense intended.
Sorry bout that.