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Preface: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8 (ESV)

This Doctrinal Testimony Regarding Recent Errors represents the outcome of careful reflection by Mid-America Reformed Seminary’s Faculty and Board upon the present controversies relating to the doctrine of justification and related issues. At its May 2006 meeting, the Board of Trustees of Mid-America Reformed Seminary directed the Faculty “to compose a clear statement concerning the doctrine of justification by faith with respect to current controversies relating to this doctrine, so that the Board may consider the statement for approval at its next meeting.” In response to this mandate, the Faculty appointed an ad hoc committee to prepare an initial draft of a proposed statement. After the Faculty unanimously approved the statement, it was  forwarded to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. The Board of Trustees also unanimously approved the proposed statement without amendment at its May 2007 meeting.

We offer this testimony to the churches and to all believers who cherish the gospel of free justification by grace alone on the basis of the work of Christ alone. It is our hope that the testimony will make clear where Mid-America Reformed Seminary’s Faculty and Board stand in the context of contemporary discussion. We also offer this testimony as a witness to the gospel in our time. In a period of great uncertainty and confusion, the message of God’s saving grace in Christ must be trumpeted, not muted or distorted. It is our prayer that the testimony will serve to that end.

For the Board and Faculty,
Cornelis P. Venema, President
May, 2007

MARS “Doctrinal Testimony Regarding Recent Errors”

“Verbonds-universalisme beroof God van Sy eer in die verbond en ontneem elke lidmaat van die verbond alle sekerheid. Almal is op eenderse wyse met Christus verenig, en almal kan op eenderse wyse afvallig word en ewig verlore gaan. En volgens hierdie God-onterende, sielsvernietigende verbondsteologie moet ek deur die lewe gaan met die wete: ‘Vandag is ek deur die geloof met Christus verenig, maar môre kan ek afval en ewig die hel ingaan.’ ”

Verbonds-universalisme: ‘n nuwe vorm van die ou aanval op God se soewereine genade

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