I originally posted a question in the wading pool about asking for forgiveness and our status as justified sinners, and the response I got was very helpful: essentially, that forgiveness of sins upon our asking is a separate act from the judicial declaration of our righteousness. This really helped to clarify things in my thinking, but related to it, and brought more to the forefront in my mind, is the concept of God's fatherly discipline.
I guess I'm seeing an apparent inconsistency between the declaration of righteousness and the fatherly displeasure, as if to say that it is inconsistent for a man's judicial status to be as one who is righteous, and for that same man to still be subject to punishment. I say apparent, because I believe that if both are shown exigetically, and I believe they can be and has been in the replies to my original post, then they are not inconsistent. What I am wondering is how, historically, men like Calvin, Edwards, and the Reformed tradition has approached the harmonization of forensic righteousness and divine discipline (I mention Edwards because, to my understanding, he asked questions that others tended to shy away from). I thought this question in its new, refined form, deserved a new thread, and any thoughts would be appreciated.
My thinking thus far has been that the answer lies somewhere in the idea that justification is eschatological in nature, while our process of sanctification is temporal, and part of this sanctification is God's fatherly rebuke and our continued repentance.
I guess I'm seeing an apparent inconsistency between the declaration of righteousness and the fatherly displeasure, as if to say that it is inconsistent for a man's judicial status to be as one who is righteous, and for that same man to still be subject to punishment. I say apparent, because I believe that if both are shown exigetically, and I believe they can be and has been in the replies to my original post, then they are not inconsistent. What I am wondering is how, historically, men like Calvin, Edwards, and the Reformed tradition has approached the harmonization of forensic righteousness and divine discipline (I mention Edwards because, to my understanding, he asked questions that others tended to shy away from). I thought this question in its new, refined form, deserved a new thread, and any thoughts would be appreciated.
My thinking thus far has been that the answer lies somewhere in the idea that justification is eschatological in nature, while our process of sanctification is temporal, and part of this sanctification is God's fatherly rebuke and our continued repentance.