Transcription of Concordia - CTSFW
1 Concordia Theological Monthly VOL. III DECEMBER, 1932 No. 12 G;ibt c~ tin " victorious Christian life "? ffianbglo((en 3U bet fd)1niitmerifd)en :Srrle~te bes ~etfeftioniSmus. 1. g)iefet 2htHeI betbanU feine <Entf eljung einet uns aUt S'feaenfion uoettoiefenen j5tofdjiite, oe iteIt Victory in Christ. How to Live a Vic-torious Christian life . ~ie en ljiiIt bie ~ot tiige, bie ~tof. ~.. S'fanbolplj, 2eljtet am Lutheran Bible Institute in minneapolis, im iJtiiljjaljt biefes ~aljtes in ben 2 Inbadj 5ftunben bot ben ~tuben en bes ~nfti uts geljarten lja.
2 *) g)a bie ~tdeljte bes \lSetfeftionismus ljeute miidjtig in allen funbamentaIifHfdjen 2agern fpuft, fo ift es 2eit, bat man fidj einmal toiebet bie 2eljte bon bet ~eiIigung unb bet djtiftIidjen ~omommenljei nadj ~djtift unb j5efenntnis, toenigf ens iura, bet:gegen~ toiit igt. ~tof. S'fanbolplj feIott aitiett in feinen ~odefungen einen j5tief, tootin bet ~djteioet bie ~ttleljte bon einem " victorious life " fdjaxf hitifiet . <Et fdjteiD : "I have before me a letter which describes the victorious life as 'that unscriptural and unconfessional teaching, that teaching which is contrary to the experience of Ohristians as we find it expressed in the writings of Luther, John Arnd, Rosenius, and others, that doctrine of a victorious life .
3 ''' lmit geoen bem j5tief~ fdjteioet tedj : bie 2eljte bon einem " victorious life " ift fotooljI gegen bie ~djtift toie audj gegen bas Iutljetifdje j5efenntni5. Um fo meljt ljaoen toit au toadjen, baB uns ~atatl audj in Nefem ~tiic!' nidjt bettiigt. 2. \lStof. S'fanbolplj triigt alletbings f eine 2eljte bom " victorious life " feljt gemiitigt bot. ~om Iu ljetifdjen j5efenn nis tom et nidjt aotoeidjen. <Et fiiljt aus: "The victorious life is a) not an untempted life , b) not an uucoutested life , c) not the eradication of our sinful nature, d) not *) Victo1'Y in Christ.
4 How to Live a victorious Christian life . By H. G. Randolph, Teacher at the Lutheran Bible Institute, Minneapolis, Minn. 64 pages. Price, 35 cts. per copy. Printed by Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, Minn. 56 :882 @Hbt es ern " victorious Christian life "? -the absence of inner conflict, e) not the absence of possibility of :stumbling." ~a " victorious life " befteljt oor aITem in "deliverance from the necessity of sinning". 1!Ble bie gemcin iit, geljt au einigen BUaten ljcrbor, bie roir ljier beifiigen. Btuar fag ~rof_ manbofpg einev [ei : "Victory is not sinless perfection", fiigt aber anbererfeit gin3u: "J esus said in a case like that, 'From henceforth sin no more.]
5 ' This was not merely a word of caution. It was a word of victory. He spoke victory into her soul. What Christ requiTes He gives. His words, 'Sin no more,' when received in the believing heart, give and perform what they demand." 1!Bieberum: "The Christian who would live victoriously must be willing to confess and renounce every known sin." ~a ift aITerbing bie Cllcfinnung be 0:griften. 2rber e ljeitt nun roeHer: "Sin must be handed out summarily and finally in a full con-fession and renunciation to be judged by the judgment of the Oross.
6 " ~rof. manbolplj Ieljr arfo bodj, bat c~ bei einem 0:griften 3U ciner foldjen iSoIIfommengeit fommen rann, bat er nidjt megr fiinbigt, ja bat e basu fommen mut. ~a ift abet: gan3 bet: runbgebanfe ber fdjroiirmeriidjen ~rdegre be ~erfeItioni mu . meljaf en roir bie borliiufig im 2ruge I !Sdjroii:rmet:ifdje ~t:t:Ieljre finben roit ferner in bC0 Q5erfaffer Q5er~ ncinung bc Si:ampfe im 0:ljriften 3roif djen {Sieif dj unb <lIeif . ~mmer tuieDcr Iommt cr barauf Suriicf, bat " victorious life " nidjt burdj Sfampf illl et:t:eidjen fei.}
7 R fdjreibt: "When you give up completely and put no even in your trying, your struggling, your zeal, your anxiety, and all that, and simply take hold of the Lord Jesus Christ, then you have Him and His life . And that is the only way in which you do have Him." 1!Bieberum: "Many a Christian struggles for mastery over his sins. There is often a terrific conflict over the very matter of yielding all to Christ. But victory does not come from this struggle. On the contrary, only when trying and struggling give way to trusting and resting in the LOTd can He work out victory in that life .
8 " ilCadj be0 !Sdjreiber 2ruffaffung foIT bager ber 0:grift nidjt gegen fein {SIeifdj fii:mpfen, fonDem fidj einfadj bem SJeifanb ljingeben, fidj i~m anbet: rauen, bann rommt e bei igm 3um ooIIfommenen !siege0~ feb en. "Only when Jacob ceased struggling and clung to God, could He bless him." ~n bicfen !Sat fat er feine ganile mt)ftildj~pie il ifdje n gIeifung ilufammen. !Sdjtuiirmerif dje ~t:t:fegre finben roir lociter in De 2rutor ~ar~ rcgung, tuic c bei cinem Cll1iiubigen sum " victorious life " fomm . ~ailu geljort a) unconditional surrender of sin: "Every known sin has to be laid down"; b) surrender of ourselves, of our members; c) daily exercise in sUl'l'ender: "We are daily to give ourselves wholly and un-conditionally in an act of surrender to claim all that there is in Christ for us"; d) claiming Christ's victory: "Every morning as you wake up, look to the Lord Jesus, commit yourself to Him, and say, 'Lord, I claim Thee, I take Thee as my victory to-day'''.}
9 E) watch and pray, <Bibt es eiu " victorious Christian life "? 883 use the Word of God. :Da i Ie~te, ia ba i einaig hlidIidj ~ef entIidje bei bet S)eiHgung, Lomm affo aure~tl ~udj ba i ift gana ber @)djhli tmct ~t ; ctft fe~t ba i bebingung ilofe @)idj~ferofM~tgeoen ein, unb baran fji ngt man bann ba i cbe unb ba i ~Ott otte i. ~fjnIidj hlie Si:afpat: @)djhlcnffelb, tii bet ~utot in feinet \Befdjteibung be i self-surrender-~f e i: "Claim victory as a present fact and reality in Christ. Step out, venture out on the ground of victory.
10 Plant your feet there. Next, with victory as your present possession by faith, -because Christ is your possession, -claim by faith the experience and reali-zation of His victory day by day in your life . This is the way of victory." ~a i f oll fidj bet einfi I ige [fjtif un er bief em pidiftif djen ~Ut fdjhlall eigentridj benfen? egen ba i ijileifdj foll et nidjt liimpfen;. bagegen Iau e bie IDCafjnung: "Step out; venture out on the ground: of victory; plant your feet there." ijiUt cinen angefodj enen [fjtiften liebeuid liie i aIleiii gar nidJt \; hla ber ~ru or aI1er fjiermit in ~irmdj~ feit forbert, ift eine etbidjtete ijirommigfeit, cine f efof gemadj e S)eiHgfei , bie in feIiger efufjWbufefei ifjten S)ofjepunft finbe.]]
