eternallifeinchrist
Puritan Board Freshman
What do you all think of this? Have you already discussed this? What are the good points? Is it theologically sound? This is Hudson Taylor's epiphany... http://peterwade.com/articles/other/htaylor.shtml .
The Exchanged Life
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turmeric
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Hi, Amanda,
Hudson Taylor was a great man of God - however this idea (Exchanged Life) isn't exactly Scriptural. Taylor was a man of his times. He got these ideas from the then-popular Keswick Convention in England. These people were a kind of perfectionists, they did not hold to entire perfection, but to the notion of "the victorious life". This was something the Christian had to sign on to in addition to salvation, otherwise he would remain powerless over sin. Then the Christian had to maintain this state, or he would lose his "victory".
The Scripture does teach us to mortify sin in ourselves, and to "work out our salvation with dilligence", because it is God working in us. But this is not best done by seeking a "second experience".
The problem with this stuff is; it sounds so easy, but it is doomed to failure. Either the person trying it has to lower his/her expectations of "victory", or else admit eventually that he/she can't do it. This latter is excellent as it drives us back to the Cross where Christ indeed won the victory for us.
I like to think we do have an exchanged life - Christ gave us His perfect righteous record for our despicable one.
Hope this response wasn't too harsh - hopefully others will weigh in and correct me if it is.
Hudson Taylor was a great man of God - however this idea (Exchanged Life) isn't exactly Scriptural. Taylor was a man of his times. He got these ideas from the then-popular Keswick Convention in England. These people were a kind of perfectionists, they did not hold to entire perfection, but to the notion of "the victorious life". This was something the Christian had to sign on to in addition to salvation, otherwise he would remain powerless over sin. Then the Christian had to maintain this state, or he would lose his "victory".
The Scripture does teach us to mortify sin in ourselves, and to "work out our salvation with dilligence", because it is God working in us. But this is not best done by seeking a "second experience".
The problem with this stuff is; it sounds so easy, but it is doomed to failure. Either the person trying it has to lower his/her expectations of "victory", or else admit eventually that he/she can't do it. This latter is excellent as it drives us back to the Cross where Christ indeed won the victory for us.
I like to think we do have an exchanged life - Christ gave us His perfect righteous record for our despicable one.
Hope this response wasn't too harsh - hopefully others will weigh in and correct me if it is.
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