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Lupie: On the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished". It either IS finished, or God lies or need man to keep helping Him get it right because He can't seem to do it by Himself.

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Article: ...it pains me to see fellow Protestants engaging in Lent because it completely goes against the grain of Reformation theology.

Lupie: On the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished". It either IS finished, or God lies or need man to keep helping Him get it right because He can't seem to do it by Himself.

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Article: ...it pains me to see fellow Protestants engaging in Lent because it completely goes against the grain of Reformation theology.

When we look at the history of redemption in Scripture, what is often times happening? God puts man into a deep sleep! The Biblical character is doing absolutely nothing but witnessing God at work.

A prime example that just rings out against lent and other types of works righteousness is the following:

Genesis 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

Remember the cute little song, ‘I am climbing Jacobs Ladder”? Children are taught that we are to ascend to God. I’ve heard that preached in Protestant churches! But what is Jacob doing? He is sound asleep. He isn’t climbing anything!

This is classic foreshadowing. It is God who built the ladder. Jesus came down the ladder to save us. We did and do nothing. We add nothing, well, we do add our sin. Christ is our rightousness.