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Lecture 14: Biblical Data on 'Objective-Subjective' Perseptive - Moore Theological College Easter Weekend 1977

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Goldsworthy, Graeme Lister (1934-). Lecture 14: Biblical Data On 'objective-subjective' Perseptive - Moore Theological College Easter Weekend 1977. Moore Theological College. 1977. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/179614.

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Goldsworthy, G. (1977). Lecture 14: Biblical Data on 'Objective-Subjective' Perseptive - Moore Theological College Easter Weekend 1977. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/179614.

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Goldsworthy, Graeme Lister (1934-). Lecture 14: Biblical Data On 'objective-Subjective' Perseptive - Moore Theological College Easter Weekend 1977. Moore Theological College. 1977. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://archives.moore.edu.au/documents/detail/179614.

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  • Goldsworthy explores God’s relationship with the world and humanity. Creation is presented as a free, sovereign act of God, and within Eden His sovereignty defined how Adam and Eve were to think, act, and relate to Him. Similarly, the promises to Abraham highlight God’s initiative, with Abraham’s role being simply to respond in faith. For Israel, conformity to God was measured by the Law, given after their salvation as a framework for life (Exodus; Deuteronomy 6:20). The Ten Commandments were not a means of earning God’s favour but a response to His saving acts. Throughout the Old Testament, the objective reality of the gospel, prefigured in the Exodus, formed the foundation for the believer’s life. Goldsworthy warns against confusing behaviour or conformity with acceptance before God. Instead, the gospel proclaims that God accepts us through Christ’s conformity on our behalf. Paul likewise places Christian moral exhortation under the umbrella of the objective gospel: what God has already accomplished in Jesus. Paul outlines the blessings gifted to the Christian within the spiritual realm; for Paul, the Christian’s experience of spiritual blessing surpasses the subjective experience and is an objective reality. It is the objective (the gospel), and upon the basis of this reality Paul then expounds the changed subjective experience which flows from it. The Christian is freed from comparative concern regarding their standing before God when they fully appreciate the objective reality of Christ’s redemptive work on their behalf and is free to live a changed life in response.
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  • In copyright - educational use permitted. This item may be used for the purposes of research and study. Please acknowledge that it is held by Moore Theological College