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Sto caricando le informazioni... By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation (2d. Ed.)di Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
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For its masterly overview of Pauline soteriology in outline and its stimulus to further inquiry, Gaffin's book is strongly recommended.
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I talked myself into overpaying for Wright’s new book, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, and realized that my reading By Faith Not By Sight where Gaffin deals with Paul’s ordo salutis and historia salutis, the Protestant view of justification and salvation in general was preparing me to read Wright’s work with Reformational lenses. By Faith Not By Sight is a great primer on Pauline soteriology especially if you plan on diving into the coral reef (beautiful, entangling, and possibly dangerous) of Wright’s New Perspective on Paul.
Gaffin has a rythym to his writing that you have to, and I mean have to, get into. If you don’t you will have a very hard time reading his work. By Faith Not By Sight is only about 120 pages of reading, if that, but it is rich. The constant depth of writing reminds me of reading some of the Puritan authors who immediately took you to the depths and held you down there until the position was exhausted. Stylistically I do not know if the comparison fits, but as far as my own reading experience, this work reminded me of my reading of Owen. As with Owen, By Faith Not By Sight was hard for me to get started in and I could not give it any less than all of my attention. But, also like Owen, when I did give this book its due focus and effort, it repaid me more than I could have expected.
Gaffin made many points that were novel to me and, I have to admit, I am not at level of study to pass judgment on the veracity of much that he wrote. Three points he made, however, were extremely convincing and quite thrilling to read.
First off, maybe terms like “ordo salutis” and “historia salutis” are somewhat new to you. Gaffin distinguishes between the two for the reader as “salvation applied” and “salvation accomplished”, respectively and spends a good part of the book looking at both aspects in the total soteriology of Paul.
Gaffin argues that Paul’s theology is centered on the whole work of Christ saying, “at the center of Paul’s theology are Christ’s death and resurrection, or, expressed more broadly, his messianic suffering and glory, his humiliation and exaltation.”
The aspect of the book that resounded most with me, and the part that will be subject of much further study, is the eschatological aspect of Paul’s soteriology. That is the “now and not yet” or, to use Gaffin’s language, the “By faith, not(yet) by sight” of Paul’s teaching on salvation.
Along with that, Gaffin highlights the critical role of union with Christ in the theology of Paul, something that itself is in a “now and not yet” state.
Union with Christ is so essential that Gaffin says it is “the central soteriological reality” in Paul’s teaching. That it is “the nub, the essence, of the way or order of salvation for Paul”. He adds that, “(u)nion with Christ by faith---that is the essence of Paul’s ordo salutis.”
After making a solidly and surfacely Reformational statement about justification in contrast to NPP (“Justification in Paul is essentially and primarily soteriological.”), Gaffin proceeds to make, what he shows to be just as solidly Reformational, a statement that on the surface is far from common Reformed vernacular. Gaffin sets out to, and seems to do a good job of, making the point that justification is “now and not yet”.
This alone will throw many for a loop. I found Gaffin’s arguments credible and convincing and found his writing entertaining and edifying. This is a very, very good book and, at around 1500 pages less than Wright’s new tree killer, I would encourage the reader to give this work a week or two of your life before you give Wright a month or two.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher to offer a review.
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