For others, the central problem with the Federal Vision is that it denies the imputation of the active obedience of Christ, a doctrine considered by some to be so central to the gospel that anyone who questions it almost ceases to be a Christian. Some say the Federal Vision teaches that all the baptized are savingly united to Christ, and so it leads to presumption; the same people, in the same breath, say the Federal Vision teaches that some in the church will fall away, and so undermines assurance.
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