BertMulder
Puritan Board Junior
Am involved in a heavy duty debate on this in a Dutch language forum.
My opponent maintains that knowledge of sin (through the law) takes place before regeneration (in the narrow sense). In other words, when man is still dead in sin. The idea being that the law, as a taskmaster, driving the sinner to Christ.
My position is, as man, before the quickening by the Spirit, is dead, and spiritual matters must be spiritually discerned, thus the knowledge of sin must of necessity take place after regeneration (in the narrow sense), or quickening, and after the effectual call (those falling together in time in the ordo salutis), And before repentance, conversion and faith.
We are not speaking here of the growth in our understanding of our sinful nature, and our daily conversion.
Any thoughts?
Scripture references?
My opponent maintains that knowledge of sin (through the law) takes place before regeneration (in the narrow sense). In other words, when man is still dead in sin. The idea being that the law, as a taskmaster, driving the sinner to Christ.
My position is, as man, before the quickening by the Spirit, is dead, and spiritual matters must be spiritually discerned, thus the knowledge of sin must of necessity take place after regeneration (in the narrow sense), or quickening, and after the effectual call (those falling together in time in the ordo salutis), And before repentance, conversion and faith.
We are not speaking here of the growth in our understanding of our sinful nature, and our daily conversion.
Any thoughts?
Scripture references?