{"id":360,"date":"2008-05-27T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1002things.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T23:32:10","slug":"cornelius-r-stam-on-therefore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Cornelius R. Stam on “Therefore”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Therefore,” as we know, is a key word in the study of logic … It is not strange, then, that we find this word used, in one form or another, no less than 70 times in the Romans Epistle, for Romans is a logical, as well as a theological, treatise.<\/span><\/h3>\n

… The word “therefore” stands out prominently in Paul’s discussion of the logic of the plan of salvation<\/em>, in which he presents a series of logical propositions.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The first<\/em> of these propositions is found in Romans 2:1<\/span><\/a> where, having proved that all men are sinners, including even the most self-righteous, he declares:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Therefore thou art inexcusable …<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Then, demonstrating the fact that the Law cannot justify, but can only condemn the sinner, he offers his second<\/em> logical proposition in Romans 3:20<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His<\/span><\/em> [God’s] sight …<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Following this declaration with the good news that<\/span> now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested … through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus<\/span><\/em>, he takes a third<\/em> logical step in the proposition of Romans 3:28<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Then an in-depth discussion of the imputation of the believer’s sins to Christ and of Christ’s righteousness to the believer leads the Apostle to his fourth<\/em> logical proposition in Romans 5:1<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

This, in turn, leads him into a discussion of the believer’s deliverance from the bondage of sin (Chapter 6) and of the Law (Chapter 7), to his fifth<\/em> logical proposition in Romans 8:1<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/h3>\n

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

This proposition is his introduction to a precious chapter, in which the utter inefficacy of the Law is set over against the glorious efficacy of the Holy Spirit’s working in and through the believer, a chapter which opens with\u00a0“no condemnation” and closes with “no separation.” <\/span>\u2014 Stam, page 180-181.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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