I noticed in a comment on The Boneman’s blog that read:
Are your non-meritorious good works (an ‘obedient-faith’) required for your final justification?
What say ye, O readers?
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A PCA minister I know, a Covenant grad who isn’t involved in any “controversial” movements, says that a highly-nuanced answer to this question is the crux of the distinction between Lutherans and the Reformed.
What does an unqualified ‘yes’ make me?
I’m not sure I’m going to give the “Lutheran” answer… but I’ll try to answer it.
Our are prepared for us in advance by God, so we will do them because we are justified. So it’s really not a question that needs to be asked.
And I can go on and on, but it’s not worth stumbling over my own words to look dumb in the end. ;)
That should say: “Our WORKS are prepared for us…” I ended up looking dumb anyway! Awesome.
“for your final justification?” So something has to be added to the finished work of Christ? hmmmm. Could our good works prepared in advance for us simply be a proof of our justification?