This sounds really familiar…

In sum, confessionalists are content with the Shorter Catechism’s description of the Christian life when it answers the question, “What does God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?”

A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption.

That is not all that fancy or elaborate a way of putting the Christian life but it has enough work for even the best of Christians. To trust Jesus daily and believe God’s promise that Christ is for me and that God is not faking it in the gospel, to repent daily of sin, and to attend weekly to the means of grace and order my affairs so that my attention is focused on the day of rest – that is a pretty full plate. Why pietists want to pile on is a mystery. It seems down right glutinous.

via Old Life Theological Society » Blog Archive » Having His Confession and Feeling It Too.

One thought on “This sounds really familiar…

  1. pduggie

    Hart is making a fair amount of sense here, notwithstanding his R2Kism. There are some questions that keep coming up, eerily. And 2 letters that keep getting bandied about in the comments

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