tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post2274578369496817170..comments2023-07-02T22:13:53.050+12:00Comments on Theo Geek: Evolution of Doctrine: Simultaneously righteous and sinnerAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-37891111072813596002007-10-11T10:27:00.000+13:002007-10-11T10:27:00.000+13:00Well I was focusing on the post-Pauline developmen...Well I was focusing on the post-Pauline development of doctrine. Paul's interpreters through until Luther held the unified view of sinfulness-righteousness and Luther is the first to propose the idea of being able to be sinful and righteous at the same time.<BR/><BR/>Now of course with any such model-change or doctrinal change, it has the potential to cast new testament writings in a new light: either the new model could be better and illuminate real intended themes in the texts that had been previously missed, or it could be confuse matters by imposing an incorrect model back onto the texts. But the very concept of reading the bible with this double-concept of sinfulness and righteousness in mind radically differs from the Christianity of previous church history.<BR/><BR/>It was certainly a common Reformation interpretation to see in Romans 7 Paul's post-Christian struggles with sin (thus implying that Christians are never righteous). However <A HREF="http://theogeek.blogspot.com/2007/09/romans-7-and-i.html" REL="nofollow">as I mentioned here</A> recent scholarship is almost unanimously of the view that such an interpretation is incorrect and that the speaker is not Paul nor a Christian.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904922191977808104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760102.post-67785326669694166512007-10-11T07:09:00.000+13:002007-10-11T07:09:00.000+13:00Andrew, you may be right that the clear expression...Andrew, you may be right that the clear expression of this doctrine is new to Luther. But it is clearly to some extent implicit in Paul. See for example Romans 7:25b, which implies that the same individual (whether Paul himself or another) can simultaneously be serving God and serving sin. It seems to be even clearer in the words of Paul's opponents in 6:1,15 who seemed to believe that they could sin and that that would cause grace to abound.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.com