chuckd
Puritan Board Junior
"holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."
If a person were to tell me holiness is necessary for salvation, my senses would immediately think of a works covenant. But a thing can be necessary for salvation and yet not the cause of it. Does the Reformed faith teach that holiness is necessary for salvation and without it in this present life, no man shall see the Lord?
"They are much mistaken in the Lord Christ, who hope to see him hereafter in glory, and live and die here in an unholy state. It is not privileges, nor gifts, nor church office or power, that will give an admission to this state." John Owen, Works Vol. 23
If a person were to tell me holiness is necessary for salvation, my senses would immediately think of a works covenant. But a thing can be necessary for salvation and yet not the cause of it. Does the Reformed faith teach that holiness is necessary for salvation and without it in this present life, no man shall see the Lord?
"They are much mistaken in the Lord Christ, who hope to see him hereafter in glory, and live and die here in an unholy state. It is not privileges, nor gifts, nor church office or power, that will give an admission to this state." John Owen, Works Vol. 23