Ichabod Faith

I may not blog particularly often, but I do read...and I've been following the writings of a man by the name of Darryl G. Hart. I've observed, and participated in discussions with him on the Bayly Blog, and at his appropriately titled blog: Old Life. He is an ordained elder within the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and reading what he's put into the public...one may wonder: does he have a ministry? I wonder that myself. On the practical level, I don't see how promoting a radical divide between the life we live on the earth and the life of the Kingdom of God somehow helps a man be a man and lead his wife. I don't see how it can promote godliness that leads to a powerful witness let alone martyrdom. He's a man charged with the care of oversight, but he is unbridled himself. Recently stooping so low as sexual innuendo of the ordained pastors, David and Tim Bayly. His innuendo suggests that perhaps their "obsession" with God's order of creation stems from a general obsession with women in general. Read the comments and you'll see his "amen!" choir...and even slander against me when I interject, followed by further misrepresentation. One commenter, by the name of Eileen was baffled by my assertion that justification by faith alone rests in the Fatherhood of God:

The doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone hinges on every woman being submissive to every man?

Of course, neither myself nor the Baylys believe every woman must submit to every man, but (with Paul), no woman may ever exercise authority over any man. Paul didn't limit the scope of which men women may not exert authority, and neither do I. Like Paul, I do limit the scope of who a woman must submit to. I do wonder, though: If a woman is not willing to be silent on church discipline of ordained men (which is a matter within the church, regardless of the discussion occuring on a blog), will that woman really submit to her husband? Probably, if that man allows her to do whatever she wants and submission requires no sacrifice. Justification by faith is rooted in patriarchy...yet Radical 2-Kingdom adherents are largely silent on this issue. To escape the wrath of being in the 1st Adam, you must be found in the 2nd Adam. To escape wrath, you must be:

• Born by the Spirit (a display of fatherhood in itself).
• Justified by the work of the Son, the 2nd Adam and father of the new race.
• Elected by the Father, to the glory of His Son, raised to new life by the Spirit who then forms us after the image of the Son...who is the image of the Father.

Be assured, the fight for the true biblical doctrine of justification by faith alone can only be won according the the Fatherhood of God. A doctrine of justification by faith alone which won't recognize this fact will always lead to a faith of insubordination. A faith with no glory: Ichabod.