Lordship salvation controversy
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The lordship salvation controversy (also called lordship controversy) is a
The dispute opposes two soteriological visions: "whether it is necessary to accept Christ as Lord in order to have Him as one's
Background
"By
Yet the "as Lord" language was not the only metaphor for the controversy. In 1959, Eternity featured a twin set of articles[6][7] which ignited the debate[8] and the use of the idiom from the titles: what Christ must "be." This asked what Christ must "be" to the one accepting Christ: must he "be Lord" to "be Savior," both, etc. Ten years later (1969), Charles Ryrie used this idiom in a chapter title, verbatim,[9] quoting exactly the title of the articles in Eternity Magazine, September, 1959. This idiom, what Christ must "be", was used to derive and discuss the implications for salvation associated with what Christ is. One author, Arthur W. Pink (1886–1952), had already associated Christ's Lordship with surrendering to it as a sine qua non at the initial point.[10]
In 1988, John F. MacArthur Jr published the first edition of The Gospel According to Jesus.[11] By defining salvation by what it produces and what salvation will not fail to produce, (not only glorification, but good works, repentance, faith, sanctification, yieldedness, and obedience[3]) the book not only heavily spread the extent of the debate, but the debate expanded in scope, from questions about conversion issues, to questions about what is also necessary, and who it is who does what, throughout the Christian life. Using surrender language in the gospel[12] became another issue.
History of the debate
Precursors
A similar controversy was caused by the Neonomianism of Richard Baxter, to which Lordship salvation has been compared.[14][15]
The Antinomian controversy is the most similar controversy in history to the modern Lordship salvation controversy.[16]
Background
Figures of the Reformed tradition and their historical dispute with
An early discussion about the initial conversion aspect of the Lordship salvation issue was in the 1948 systematic theology of
Modern dispute
The controversy moved to the forefront of the evangelical world in the late 1980s when
There was much-published response, particularly from seminary faculty. For example, an early review of the 1988 edition of The Gospel According to Jesus appeared in a Jan–Mar 1989 Bibliotheca Sacra article by
Yet very soon on their heels, in 1992 before the revised edition of MacArthur's work, an anthology of responses from various faculty of reformed seminaries appeared on the subject and include criticisms of both MacArthur and Hodges, especially in Michael Horton's contribution, "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover."[24]
See also
- Perseverance of the saints
- Christian perfection
- Justification (theology)
- Holiness movement
- Sanctification
- What Would Jesus Do
- Merit (Christianity)
- Good works
- Jesus is Lord
- Marrow controversy
References
- ISBN 978-0-664-22464-6.
- ^ OCLC 27035129.
- ^ a b MacArthur 1994, p. 39.
- ^ Vaughan, Curtis (1978), "Colossians", Expositor's Bible Commentary, vol. 11, 2:6
- ^ MacArthur 1994, p. 113.
- ^ Stott, John R (Sep 1959), "Must Christ Be Lord To Be Saviour?", Eternity, 10: 14–8, 36–7, 48.
- ^ Harrison, Everett F (Sep 1959), "Must Christ Be Lord To Be Saviour?", Eternity, 10: 14–8, 36–7, 48.
- ^ Stanley, Alan P (2006), Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works, p. 61.
- ^ Ryrie, Charles (1969), Balancing the Christian Life, Moody Press, pp. 169–81.
- ^ a b Pink, Arthur W, Present Day Evangelism, The highway.
- ^ MacArthur, John F Jr (1988), The Gospel According to Jesus, Zondervan Academic.
- ^ MacArthur 1994, p. xvii.
- ^ Hodges, Zane (1992), The Gospel Under Siege (Revised and Enlarged ed.), p. 2.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-6002-6.
John MacArthur Jr. ... receiving him as Lord ) and the " antinomian " advocates of free grace ( e.g. , dispensationalists at Dallas Seminary ) clearly echoes the issues argued by the Marrow Men and their " neonomian " opponents .
- ^ Packer, Timothy Beougher And J. I. (16 December 1991). "'Go Fetch Baxter'". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ISBN 978-1-7252-2437-7.
- ^ Wells, David F (1997), Reformed Theology in America: A History of Its Modern Development, Baker Academic, p. 17.
- ^ Chafer, Lewis Sperry (1948), Systematic Theology, vol. 3: Soteriology, Dallas Seminary Press, pp. 384–88.
- ^ Hogan, William (1958), The Relationship of the Lordship of Christ to Salvation (PhD diss), Wheaton College.
- ^ Packer, JI, "Preface", The Gospel According to Jesus (rev & exp ed.), p. ix.
- ^ MacArthur 1994, p. xxi.
- ^ Bock 1989, pp. 21–40.
- ^ Bock 1989, pp. 32–5.
- ^ Horton, Michael S (1992), Christ the Lord: The Reformation and Lordship Salvation.
Bibliography
- Bock, Darrell L(1989), "A Review of The Gospel According to Jesus, by John F MacArthur", Bibliotheca Sacra, 146
- Crenshaw, Curtis I (1994), Lordship salvation: the only kind there is: an evaluation of Jody Dillow's 'The reign of servant kings' and other antinomian arguments, Footstool, ISBN 978-1-877818-12-7.
- Hutson, Curtis (2000), Lordship Salvation, Sword of the Lord, ISBN 978-0-87398-518-5.
- Kober, Manfred E (1990), Lordship salvation: a forgotten truth or a false doctrine?, Faith Baptist Bible College & Seminary.
- MacArthur, John F Jr (1994) [1988], The Gospel According to Jesus (rev & exp ed.), Zondervan
External links
- MacArthur, John, Lordship Salvation (PDF), GTY (advocating Lordship salvation).
- ———, A 15-Year Retrospective on the Lordship Controversy, GTY..
- Lordship of Christ (directory of articles), Monergism.