[faithandlife] Re: [FaithandLife] SAUL THE PHARISEE

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From: "Mark Clavier+" <anglican@...>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:01:05 -0400
Mike+,

I think if you try to categorize Wright+ according to old schools of
thought, you'll get yourself in a bind, especially as he believes that Paul
has been consistently misread at least since Luther.  While I am not
well-versed enough in non-Anglican Reformation thought to pass judgement on
their use of Paul, at the very least, their failure to understand Judaism on
its own terms makes their use of Paul problematic.

When it comes to salvation, though, I'm not sure that Wright leans towards
Arminianism.  I don't have the book with me at home (where I am now), but in
his lectures he stated quite clearly that if you ackowledge the lordship of
Jesus Christ, believe that the Father raised him from the dead, and have
been baptized then you are assured that you are among God's People and
therefore will be glorified at the Second Coming.  He puts a lot of weight
on the verse from Phil. (?) where St. Paul declares that the work that was
begun in us will be brought to its fruition.

In his view, the closest Paul comes to saying that one can fall away from
salvation is in 1 Corinthians when he warns them to watch out lest those who
think they stand, instead fall.

Mark+