Preacher4Truth
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What is the exact Scripture taken out of context, and what the person stated about it, concisely? There are 25 verses in Romans 4 so we really need the context of the discussion and the section of the chapter that was used. All we have at this point is, don't take this offensively or personally, but it is hearsay.My main issue is not about justification by faith in Jesus - He is the only road. My issue has to do with Scriptures I've seen other Calvinists take out of context in the middle of Paul's teaching, and in doing so have come up with a completely different conclusion than what Paul was making.
Paul did a teaching dealing with sin. It included the Law of the Old Covenant and the new method of the Law of the New Covenant. It spanned the first 8 chapters of Romans, but this Calvinist I'm recalling took a verse out of Romans 4 about imputed righteousness, right in the middle and didn't seem to read the whole teaching.
His conclusion was that the death of Jesus was Him paying for our punishment. Then His righteousness was covering us and all God could see was His Son's blood, and not the sin we keep committing underneath.
What is your conclusion of Romans 1 through 8?