Pancho Frijoles
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So we go from calling a name to exercising faith. That’s a true proposition. I agree.
What is the Gospel
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civic
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I was quoting Romans 10 to begin with where it says whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Faith was implied on my part and didn't think I needed to say it but evidently i did. But sometimes on this medium we need to spell things out in detail without making any assumptions on my part. So from now on I will try and be more specific.
Pancho Frijoles
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Same thing happens from my part. I need to ask for context before jumping to conclusions. My apologies my friend.I was quoting Romans 10 to begin with where it says whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Faith was implied on my part and didn't think I needed to say it but evidently i did. But sometimes on this medium we need to spell things out in detail without making any assumptions on my part. So from now on I will try and be more specific.
In general, the point I’m trying to make is that faith is a gift from God that is exercised by man through acts.
Faith in Jesus can only be conceived through daily actIons, and therefore salvation is something that happens daily.
That’s why “demons” can believe, but do not have salvific faith.
It is not that their theology is wrong. It is their life which is wrong.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel.
Romans 1:16
Paul did not have a gospel that was used for a certain culture. He did not preach one variation to the Jews and another to the Gentiles. He was a sharp guy and was aware of cultural differences and used the unique inroads reach each culture.
Paul's gospel was not adapted to fit the culture or to be less offensive to it. In fact, the offensiveness of the gospel to both Jew and Gentile was the very thing that put his life in constant danger.
It is doubtful that the apostle Paul would understand contemporary evangelicalism’s overwhelming preoccupation with minutely understanding a specific culture and adapting its message and methodologies to it. Paul understood that, ultimately, all men of every culture suffer from the same problem, and only one message has the power to save them.
Paul’s preached the same gospel at his death that he did at the start of his apostolic ministry several decades earlier.
Without doubt, he would be surprised at the contemporary Christian conviction that each passing decade brings a new generation of people who require a new presentation or adaptation of the gospel.
Romans 1:16
Paul did not have a gospel that was used for a certain culture. He did not preach one variation to the Jews and another to the Gentiles. He was a sharp guy and was aware of cultural differences and used the unique inroads reach each culture.
Paul's gospel was not adapted to fit the culture or to be less offensive to it. In fact, the offensiveness of the gospel to both Jew and Gentile was the very thing that put his life in constant danger.
It is doubtful that the apostle Paul would understand contemporary evangelicalism’s overwhelming preoccupation with minutely understanding a specific culture and adapting its message and methodologies to it. Paul understood that, ultimately, all men of every culture suffer from the same problem, and only one message has the power to save them.
Paul’s preached the same gospel at his death that he did at the start of his apostolic ministry several decades earlier.
Without doubt, he would be surprised at the contemporary Christian conviction that each passing decade brings a new generation of people who require a new presentation or adaptation of the gospel.
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