ChristianHedonist
Puritan Board Freshman
Is it correct to say that, as Christians, "Our thankfulness is a debt that we owe to God"? My understanding is that before our justification we are in debt as sinners against God, but now as Christians all our debts have been counted to Christ, who has paid them all. Since our salvation by grace through faith is a gift of God, it seems incorrect to consider ourselves as debtors to grace, because the point of a gift is that no debt is owed for it. If you've read any of John Piper's Future Grace then you are probably familiar with this line of reasoning. I ask this because I heard a reformed pastor say that "our thankfulness is a debt that we owe to God."
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P.S. It's not my intention to "strain at gnats" over said pastor's word choice, his saying it only brought to mind the general issue of the use of the term "debtors" as applied to Christians, and I wanted to get the PB take on this general issue.
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P.S. It's not my intention to "strain at gnats" over said pastor's word choice, his saying it only brought to mind the general issue of the use of the term "debtors" as applied to Christians, and I wanted to get the PB take on this general issue.
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