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Is calling the entire OPC liars fruit? Are they so sure of themselves that they can claim the wrath of God on all who say they are wrong.
What is the Christian response to this?
article by James Jordan
Should Anyone Trust the Orthodox Presbyterian Church?
by James B. Jordan
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church publishes a monthly magazine called "New Horizons." The February 2007 issue was devoted to essays on justification, on the "New Perspective on Paul," and on the "Federal Vision."
All of the articles left the impression, when they did not state outright, that there are people around the Reformed and Presbyterian world who are attacking the historic doctrine of justification by faith alone.
This is a lie. No one has questioned the
historic Reformed doctrine in any way, shape, or
form. Nobody connected with the "New Perspective
on Paul" and nobody connected with the "Federal
Vision" has in the least compromised the
historic, Reformed, confessional doctrine of justification.
Nobody has done so. To assert or to imply otherwise is to lie.
I repeat: It is to lie.The editors and authors in the February "New Horizons" have lied to their readers, by implication at least.Now, the question is this: Are these men lying because they are wicked and evil, or
because they are stupid and uncomprehending, or
because they are lazy and incompetent and simply
choose to repeat lies they read from 20-somethings in internet blogs? I don't know. I'd like to believe it is because they are lazy and incompetent.
But when they say that those who disagree or would like to express things differently are "not Reformed" or
are "denying justification" or are "borderline heretics," they are committing an enormity for which they will answer before God at the last day.
Is calling the entire OPC liars fruit? Are they so sure of themselves that they can claim the wrath of God on all who say they are wrong.
What is the Christian response to this?