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Originally Posted by Unregistered
"Organic Salvation" is not simply a constructed term - it was coined to replace a genuine Biblical word and teaching that you surely hear outside the walls of the LC: "Sanctification" +- the process whereby, after Salvation, we are confromed to the image of the Son of God and made Holy, as He is Holy. In thought, word, and deed. It is a long process of growth - that does not end in this life, but is completed in the next. Surely you know this Peter?
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I do understand that the term was coined to represent Biblical truths. This is what I am arguing. And moreso, that this process of Sanctification does not take place through a life-long process of imitation, but is rather a matter of growth in life. I don't think I have contradicted this.
That said, it was a "constructed" term. Indeed, what is the difference between "constructed" and "coined" - in your sentence "not simply a constructed term - it was coined..."
These mean the same thing. I don't personally have an issue with taking a rich set of Biblical principles and using a single phrase to express them (the "trinity" is a good example of this). Which is why in my first post I didn't flinch at using the term as it wasn't an issue for me.
But the term
itself does not hold any particular import for me. It is the Biblical truths that are entailed in its definition that matter.
Some here bristled at the "coining" of terms, because they believe that this can, sometimes, lead to a sentiment of being "special." I agree there can be this tendency. If someone is taking issue over a matter that isn't critical to the argument I'm making, I don't see a reason to fuss over it. That's all.
In Love,
Peter