How Old Testament believers were saved by faith before Christ — Romans 4 and Genesis 15:6
Q&A: JoseCJ asks how OT believers were saved before Christ's work on the cross
Mike argues that Old Testament believers were saved the same way New Testament believers are — by faith, not works. Romans 4 makes Abraham the paradigm case: Paul quotes Genesis 15:6, "Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness." Their sins were paid for prospectively by Jesus on the cross; they received grace by responding in faith to what God had revealed to them at that time, even without full knowledge of Christ.
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@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by Faith alone (pre Luther) and believed in the pries...
@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by
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@ronhenzel @IsKing333 So let me get this straight: Calvinism teaches that once you are regenerated, you cannot be lost. However, you cannot have “infallible assurance” of that salvation? Are they saying that Calvinists cannot detect true regenerati...
@ronhenzel @IsKing333 So let me get this straight: Calvinism teaches that once you are regenerated, you cannot be lost. However, you cannot have “infallible assurance” of that salvation? Are they sa
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