Soteriology & the Imago Dei

God is a triune spirit, infinite, eternal, & unchangeable as to being, wisdom, power, justice, holiness, goodness, & truth — ie GLORY Does Romans 1:18 - 32 have anything to say about concepts bound up with doctrinal matters like Soteriology?  After all, the text is an indictment of us all for suppressing the truth about God’s existence, invisible attributes, & authority by way substituting our own, human image & other images drawn from the created order, like those of animals, & then doing theology, philosophy, & ethics/ethical reasoning accordingly.  Some Christians deny the doctrine of Total Depravity (the idea that people who are able to sin are unable to do any spiritual good accompanying their salvation, particularly the exercise of saving (ie justifying) faith & saving (not just civil) repentance). They object on the basis that it is unjust &/or unfair for God to demand that we exercise saving faith & repentance if we are not cons...

Covenant Theology In Outline Form 32: John 21

Shema 

21 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 


Historical Prologue

Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.


General Stipulations 

Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards[a] off.


Specific Stipulations 

When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 


Covenant Renewal

12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” 


Document Clause & Witnesses 

Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 


Victory Statement & Shema 

14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.


Historical Prologue 

15 When they had finished breakfast, 


General & Specific Stipulations 

Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) 


Covenant Renewal 

And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.”


Document Clause 

20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” 23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers[b] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”


Witnesses 

24 This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.


Victory Statement 

25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.


Footnotes

  • John 21:8 Greek two hundred cubits; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  • John 21:23 Or brothers and sisters
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