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344f5d No.594964

Sola Fide is true in that any sin can be forgiven, but false in that someone can be both repentant and not commit to resisting sin. If you do not set yourself against sin in past, present and future, you cannot be called repentant, for you care not to stop, and therefore cannot be forgiven for those sins.

I am a protestant, and I believe what I wrote above. Is this an interpretation of Sola Fide, or does Sola Fide run counter to this?

c97276 No.594978

There were many different interpretations of Sola Fide during the Reformation, and no clear agreement. However, if you look at Luther's 95 theses, you start to see a view very much like your own.

>When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent'' (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.

>This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy.

>Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh.

>The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

Indeed, it seems taking Sola Fide as a dogma in the Protestant church has done a lot of harm. Later, it took Luther to the point where he was ready to rip out the book of James.

Lastly–

>Is this an interpretation of Sola Fide

That should not matter to you. It should only matter whether it is a good interpretation of the Bible.


a22f34 No.594981

Repentance is a lifelong battle against the lusts of the flesh and our own sinful nature. We're called to mortify the deeds of the flesh daily. What's contrary to scripture is that if you sin after being saved, it'll be imputed to you.

Notice that most people who believe that you have to stop sinning entirely to be saved will find ways to justify their own sins.


ba9355 No.594982

>>594981

>Notice that most people who believe that you have to stop sinning entirely to be saved will find ways to justify their own sins.

I never justify my own sins, but I still got to stop them.


a22f34 No.594985

>>594982

Good for you. Fight the good fight, man.




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