Westminster Theological Journal Volume 12
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Westminster Theological Journal, Volume 12.
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“the church is not (as the Erastians claimed) in the same hands as the government of” (Page 128)
“The progress of knowledge, of faith, of edification, and of fellowship within the body of Christ is not to be secured by legislation that prohibits the strong from the exercise of their God-given privileges and liberties, whether this legislation be civil or ecclesiastical. Legislation can never be based upon the conscience of the weak or motivated by consideration for the conscience of the weak.” (Page 153)
“Those who, through lack of knowledge and weakness of faith, have not attained to the mature understanding that nothing is unclean of itself and that every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused must not be allowed to erect their own ignorance and weakness as the standard of morality and piety.” (Pages 151–152)
“A great deal of the so-called temperance propaganda of today and yesterday is based on the principle that there are certain things, edible, potable, or usable, that are intrinsically evil or have inherent in them some degrading or demoralising element. It is alleged that the way of temperance is total abstinence from such things. This is directly contrary to Scripture teaching and we may be certain that any such conviction or propaganda based on such conviction is not after Christ.” (Page 149)
“The weak must ever be reminded that their censorious judgment with respect to the exercise of liberty on the part of the strong is a sin which the Scripture condemns. ‘Let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.’ ‘Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own Lord he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand’ (Rom. 14:3, 4).” (Page 152)
- Title: Westminster Theological Journal Volume 12
- Author: Westminster Theological Seminary
- Series: Westminster Theological Journal
- Publisher: Westminster Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 1949
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_wtj_12
- Resource Type: Journal
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