The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum "Salvation unto Us has Come"

Some observations:

1. The line “Who did for all the world atone," is translated, "Who hath for us deliverance won -" in the 1905 LCMS hymnal. The original German is "Der hat g'nug für uns all' getan,". Whether later translations were an attempt to promote universal atonement, I'll leave to others to decide. That said, I agree that Jesus Christ "did for all the world atone."

2. “From sin our flesh could not abstain,” teaches bondage of the will. Nowhere in the hymn does Speratus deny personal responsibility for sin.
"What God doth in His law demand,
No man to Him can render:
Before this Judge all guilty stand;
His Law speaks curse in thunder."

3. I commend your demand for doctrinal purity in hymnology. Confessional hymns defend the faith once delivered unto the saints.

4. The doctrinal purity of Speratus is irrevelant to the issue as to whether "Salvation Unto Us is Come" is doctrinally pure. What is important is that the hymn is not sung to give a false testimony of unity when there are divisions in doctrine. So your questions regarding Speratus personal views on baptism are not without merit.