KJV Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My Word.
Febreze has left a new comment on your post "Here You Stand, WELS - With McCain and Cascione Ch...":
Oh the irony!
"You have never attempted to instruct me from God’s Word. Instead, you have attempted to instruct me from your personal interpretations, rationalistic conclusions and philosophical assertions. The doctrine of the WELS and the doctrine of God’s Word are not necessarily the same thing. Neither I nor any pastor nor any congregation has ever subscribed unconditionally to the WELS doctrinal statements, and yet you have continued to insist that such a subscription is mandatory for all WELS pastors. You have insisted that we must confess This We Believe as our “own personal confession,” in addition to the Book of Concord. This is pure sectarianism."
"But rather than showing me where my exegesis was faulty, you simply insisted that you have personally studied these things, written a synod convention essay on it, and therefore, you must be right. You have boldly claimed that the WELS cannot be wrong on this issue, and that the doctrine of justification can only be studied to demonstrate how the WELS is right. There can be no study done by the pastors of our district that might call into question the WELS position. This is pure Romanism."
"Until now, I have treated you all as brothers and have been willing to study and discuss these doctrinal differences with you without condemning anyone as a heretic. But in true papistic fashion, you have refused from the beginning even to admit the possibility that you could have erred or that the WELS doctrinal statements may be wrong. You called me to repentance for preaching that “all who trust in Christ are absolved before God’s courtroom.” You stood in front of my congregation and called me a false teacher for teaching the Gospel that sinners are justified by faith alone in Christ, and now you have suspended me from the ministerium of the WELS."
(http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/10/letter-to-wels-district-president-jon.html)
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"The papists formulated the definition of church...from an analogy like this: Just as the republic of Venice, the kingdom of France, [or] the German empire consists of a certain order of rulers and subjects [and] certain laws and customs, so among the clergy who are in the succession of orders the church of Christ is so bound that whatever they determine and believe must of necessity be accepted by all and one must under no pretext depart from them ( Febreze – This We Believe and all essays in the WLS Essay file, especially Becker’s UOJ ones). For [they believe that] this assembly cannot err in doctrine in any respect, for the church is 'the pillar and foundation of truth,' 1 Tim. 3:15. Therefore , against this political figment of the imagination it was necessary to set this position, that the church is not such a visible assembly but rather that it is the flock of such sheep as, known by Christ and in turn knowing Him, can never be plucked out of His hands, as Christ Himself defines His church, John 10:14 and 28....Because in this opinion [of the papists] many,..., flatter themselves that since they're members of the visible church (Febreze - WELS) they cannot be condemned..." (Chemnitz, Loci Theologici, p. 1308)
KJV Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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