Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 115
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Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 115.
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“The question that immediately presents itself, then, is this: Is the Sermon on the Mount to be considered as truth for the church age, truth and instruction for the kingdom, or instruction and exhortation for the Jews living in the Lord’s day? Is it grace, is it law, is it kingdom teaching?” (Page 128)
“Even a casual glance at the Sermon on the Mount ought to be sufficient to show that this discourse was not spoken as the guide to salvation, either of the individual or of society. There is no mention of the death of Christ for sin nor of faith as related to salvation, nor of justification, the new creation, the position ‘in Christ’ which occupies so much of the soteriological passages of the New Testament, no security offered, no enablement of the Holy Spirit for a new life as the result of salvation. It is evident from the clear teaching of the rest of the New Testament that the Lord’s purpose was not to address the unbelieving world in this discourse to show them the way of life, either individual or social.” (Page 130)
“At the outset of our consideration of this position we should notice that this view depends upon the spiritualizing method of interpretation. Thus it is the view of the amillennialist, who sees the church as the fulfillment of the kingdom promises. It is necessary for him to apply this passage to the church and spiritualize it into a standard of life for this present age.” (Page 131)
“The church as an organism is the complex structure of the body of Christ which carries on living activities by means of the individual believers who are distinct in function but mutually dependent on and governed by their relation to Christ the Head.” (Page 62)
- Title: Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 115
- Author: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Series: Bibliotheca Sacra
- Publisher: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 1958
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_bsac_115
- Resource Type: Journal
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