tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448540179796331975.post8471554920712413669..comments2023-10-29T07:41:51.540-07:00Comments on Stranger in a Strange Land: What Jonathan Edwards Believed About Coming to Christ for Salvationstranger.strange.landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095085549321636456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448540179796331975.post-41783478998258465122010-09-21T13:20:42.159-07:002010-09-21T13:20:42.159-07:00Thank you, Genesis Three.
If I correctly underst...Thank you, Genesis Three. <br /><br />If I correctly understand your "point of clarification," I should mention that Edwards was by no means confident that the congregation of his church was entirely composed of born again Christians. The church that he "inherited" from his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, had a policy of receiving into membership and communion people, hoping that their hearing the preached word and participating in the Lord's Supper would be a means of bringing them to salvation. <br /><br />Later on, Edwards, convinced that this was unbiblical, tried to change the policy, and that got him into big trouble with the congregation, and eventually, he was dismissed.<br /><br /><i>Craig</i><br /><br />p.s. (BTW, I did read your post for today.)stranger.strange.landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095085549321636456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448540179796331975.post-74540204148028889122010-09-21T11:20:28.471-07:002010-09-21T11:20:28.471-07:00Good post. One point of clarification: Confessio...Good post. One point of clarification: Confession need happen only once. <br /><br />In Luke 7:36-50, Jesus tells the woman she is forgiven even though it is not clear that she confessed her sin out loud. Her tears made a convincing demonstration of her need for God's love and redemption.<br /><br />The change made by this love doesn't go away.Genesis Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263120217979773343noreply@blogger.com