The Reformation & Final Judgment | Pastor Patrick Hines Podcast
The Reformation & Final Judgment | Pastor Patrick Hines Podcast
Going to try to cover this section of the great Westminster Larger Catechism since the whole John Piper "final salvation by fruit" false teaching is, sadly, "trending" again on social media - bringing out all neonomian pseudo-Reformed men to his defense. What does it mean to be "Reformed?" What defines it? Answer: The Reformed Confessions of Faith. If one does not believe or confess to be biblical what these documents, particularly the Westminster Standards, teach about how sinners get into heaven, then one is not Reformed no matter how many odd and anti-confessional statements one is able to dig up by scouring the Puritans and all post-Reformation dogmaticians. Here is the section of the WLC I hope to cover today:
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Q. 87. What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?
A. We are to believe, that at the last day there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust (Acts 24:15): when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed; and the selfsame bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave, being then again united to their souls for ever, shall be raised up by the power of Christ (1 Cor. 15:51-53; 1 Thess. 4:15-17; John 5:28-29). The bodies of the just, by the Spirit of Christ, and by virtue of his resurrection as their head, shall be raised in power, spiritual, incorruptible, and made like to his glorious body (1 Cor. 15:21-23, 42-44; Phil. 3:21); and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonour by him, as an offended judge (John 5:27-29; Matt. 25:33).
Q. 88. What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?
A. Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgement of angels and men (2 Peter 2:4, 6-7, 14-15; Matt. 25:46); the day and hour whereof no man knoweth, that all may watch and pray, and be ever ready for the coming of the Lord (Matt. 24:36, 42, 44; Luke 21:35-36).
Q. 89. What shall be done to the
