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Baptist Covenant Theology sees thee parts of the Mosaic Law: ceremonial, civil, and moral. Christ fulfilled the ceremonial and civil aspects of the law, with the moral aspect still in effect. The moral aspect (or moral law) actually predates the Mosaic Law. The moral law is the innate knowledge of good and evil. We see it operation in Genesis 4:6-7:

All men are still under the moral law today. No one can be saved by keeping the moral law, but obeying the moral law is the foundation of an orderly society. That is why God has empowered the magistrate to maintain civil, as well as, spiritual order. But the role of the magistrate is a topic for a future discussion.

NCT disavows the moral law. It believes Christ did away with all aspects of the law. This is why NCT has been accused of antinomianism, the view that there is no need for the law of God in the Christian life. Extreme views of antinomianism lead to the belief that the more a person sins the more grace God dispenses to them. Paul refuted that ridiculous notion in Romans 6:1-2.

NCT has been linked to Reformed Baptists, when in actuality it is a fringe movement found among certain Calvinistic Baptists that are unwilling to embrace Baptist Reformed theology. They want to keep their presuppositions, and NCT provides them a safe repository for those presuppositions.

I recommend a few very good books:

Covenant Theology: From Adam to Christ

A Reformed and Baptistic Perspective on God's Covenant

The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology

 

My commentary was a criticism of NCT...nothing more.

But let me add that the common walking around Joe off the street does not give a fig about this stuff...its viewed as causing division. That is a real disconnect between pastors & people warming the seats on Sunday.

 

NCT is a Calvinist theology.

 

Because inherent in Reformed Covenant Theology is the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace. Arminianism rejects the Covenant of Works. It also rejects the Covenant of Grace as commonly defined in Reformed Covenant Theology, because it has application to the Reformed view of soteriology (salvation). Reformed Theology believes that God made the Covenant of Grace with the elect. That is what Arminianism rejects.

 

I obviously can get into a lengthy point-by-point debate with you on the nature of the Mosaic law and the continuation of its moral aspect; but that would be quite a time sink compared to the relatively easy subject of Calvinism! :laugh: I suggest you procure those books I recommended and revisit the subject for a later discussion.

Have a blessed day!

 

Fair enough.

No offense, but my preaching is geared to the saints, not the average Joe off the street. Those Joe's are welcome at all times, but I am assuming those gathered on the Lord's day are sheep that need to be fed.

 

You want to study so badly.....here is your opportunity. Have at it.

 

Never assume .... what are you really called to do? ... Go and make disciples of all nations. No offense but you appear to be a bit selective.

 

I am also called to "preach the Word" (2 Tim. 4:2). The primary way a pastor/elder makes disciples is to faithfully discharge his duties in the church. Jesus told Peter to, "feed my sheep" (John 21:16). I am not suggesting the Gospel is not to be proclaimed outside the four walls of the church. I am making the point that the primary responsibility of a pastor/elder is to feed the sheep that are within those figurative walls.

 

Seriously Herald, you should not be so defensive. Do you believe a human being could be born again without getting their selves tangled with Dispy, CT, NCT, etc. This just becomes a marked dividing line for some people & another reason to fight & argue. I got enough fights with people claiming I'm a heretic because my soterology is Doctrines of Grace. :laugh:

 

I guess it is my strong position on preaching the Word. It is done so infrequently, and so poorly in this country that I see it as the greatest threat to the Church. It is one of my buttons that is easy to push.

 

And that's what I do...push buttons...but only to cause conflict because without it there is no understanding & w/o understanding there is only wrong decisions.

 

You are a good button pusher! :laugh:

 

New Jersey b&b :thumbs:

 

Did I tell you I'm going to be taking instruction from some real serious Dutchies @ a Reformed church in Sussex county...straight up hard core take no prisoner types.

I am not joining them however..takes a nut like me to get Dutch Reform people to adopt a Baptist & I'm an ahole, so lets see how long this lasts.

 

I agree that there is always grace and law but we are no longer under the law. Satisfying the law is impossible. That's why Jesus had to die on the cross in order to provide a way for us to be reconciled to God. Did Jesus come to replace the law? No, He came to fulfill it in Himself for us.

 

Dispensationalism is a construct of John Darby in the late 1800's. The new covenant is straight from the Bible and has been around for 2,000 years.