Matthew1344
Puritan Board Sophomore
What is this blog saying?
Here is just a section of it:
Seems like it just sums it up and says "I cant believe they think this!", but I thought catholics believed this. I do not understand (1) the blogs point and (2) catholic doctrine on the atonement.
Here is just a section of it:
"To [Jesus] was imputed the guilt of their sins, and He was suffering the punishment for those sins on their behalf. And the very essence of that punishment was the outpouring of God's wrath against sinners. In some mysterious way during those awful hours on the cross, the Father poured out the full measure of His wrath against sin, and the recipient of that wrath was God's own beloved Son.
In this lies the true meaning of the cross. - John MacArthur"
Why would someone affirm such a blasphemous teaching? What most don't know is that Jesus getting damned in our place is the heart of Sola Fide....
The root of the problem is the starting assumption that Sola Fide is true, because once that is assumed, whatever doctrines are necessary to hold up Sola Fide will have to be affirmed in turn. If this means the Father damned His Beloved Son, then (as we have unfortunately seen) there will be people who have little trouble believing this.
While we could spend time refuting this abomination from Scripture, our Christian consciences should be a sufficient guide in telling us something this outrageous and blasphemous cannot be true.
Seems like it just sums it up and says "I cant believe they think this!", but I thought catholics believed this. I do not understand (1) the blogs point and (2) catholic doctrine on the atonement.