Mr. Bultitude
Puritan Board Freshman
Miroslav Volf said in Giving and Forgiving:
I haven't been able to locate which "Reformation theologians" he was referring to. But that's not my question. My question is, is this a good analogy?
1. Is it a good analogy for unregenerate man?
2. Is it a good analogy for regenerate man?
But even if all of us are sinners from head to toe, none of us is a sinner through and through, with nothing good remaining in us. As sinners, we are still God's good creatures. To illustrate the relationship between being a good creature and being a sinner, Reformation theologians used the analogy of water and ink. Water is the good creation, ink is sin, and the sinner is a glass of water with a few drops of ink. All the water in the glass is tainted, but it's still mostly water, not ink.
I haven't been able to locate which "Reformation theologians" he was referring to. But that's not my question. My question is, is this a good analogy?
1. Is it a good analogy for unregenerate man?
2. Is it a good analogy for regenerate man?