Premillennialism (26): Postscript: Antinomism (2)
David Engelsma critiques the antinomian rejection of God's law among dispensational premillennialists, arguing that the Ten Commandments remain the rule of life for New Testament believers. Drawing on the Heidelberg Catechism and Hebrews 10:16, he demonstrates that founding premillennial theologians like Lewis S. Chafer dangerously treated God's commands as mere suggestions rather than binding obligations for Christian sanctification.
Previous article in this series: March 15, 2019, p. 285. "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them." Hebrews 10:16 "Why will God…have the ten commandments so strictly preached? …That we may become more and more conformable to the image of God, till we arrive at the perfection proposed to us in a life to come." Heidelberg Catechism, Q 115 Introduction To my examination of the...
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