Culture And the Gospel Or a Plea for the Sufficiency of the Gospel to Meet Th
Culture And the Gospel Or a Plea for the Sufficiency of the Gospel to Meet Th
S Salmon Mccall
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They may have erred, but it is quite as likely that they have been mis- understood. It is common for evangelical preachers to speak of the total depravity of unrenewed men, notwithstanding all the pleas- ing and commendable traits which they may possess. This sort of language does not deny that for some purposes the natural virtues, as they are called, are good and useful. But it declares that in the matter of justification before ALL TRUE CULTURE. 53 God they are of no account whatever, inasmu...ch as the radical principle of action is utterly want- ing in that regard for God and His will and glory, which is the very essence of holiness. Repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, are insisted upon first of all, not as arbitrary terms of salvation, but as involving the new and holy principle from which right actions will proceed. None can be more ear- nest than the preachers of total depravity, in exhorting believers to "maintain good works for necessary uses. " If Luther was afraid of the Epistle of James, because he read in it, "Ye see then how that by works a man is jus- tified, and not by faith only, " this must be put to the account of his want of completeness in the knowledge of God, a want which can surprise no man, who thoughtfully considers the errors of doctrine and practice so rife in his day.
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