SebastianClinciuJJ
Puritan Board Freshman
"And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." - Deuteronomy 30:6 ESV
What is your understanding of this verse? Wesley thought it supported his idea of Christian Perfectionism. How may one avoid this conclusion?
I looked through Calvin's Harmony of the Law and he didn't touch upon this aspect of the verse. I also looked at Vermigli's Loci communes: in the article in which he deals with the question whether one can fulfill the precept to love God with all his heart in this life, he interprets Deut. 30:6. He says that this promise is accomplished only in a partial manner in this life, but that its true realization will come in the eternal life.
Blessings in Christ,
Sebastian
What is your understanding of this verse? Wesley thought it supported his idea of Christian Perfectionism. How may one avoid this conclusion?
I looked through Calvin's Harmony of the Law and he didn't touch upon this aspect of the verse. I also looked at Vermigli's Loci communes: in the article in which he deals with the question whether one can fulfill the precept to love God with all his heart in this life, he interprets Deut. 30:6. He says that this promise is accomplished only in a partial manner in this life, but that its true realization will come in the eternal life.
Blessings in Christ,
Sebastian