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1 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 172406 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, You wrote, "Let us not...fault what their choice of words may be..." By what other means is the Gospel conveyed (Romans 10:17)? By what other means ought we to be certain that we, ourselves, are rightly proclaiming the Gospel? It was God, Himself, who chose preaching as the means of conveying the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1:21). We are accursed if we should preach anything other than the Gospel as given us by Christ and the apostles (Galatians 1:8-9). I concur with the gist of your post. I do not mean to quarrel with you. But if our words do not matter, then we are foolish to attempt communication at all. I know no other way to rightly divide the Word (1 Timothy 2:5) than through the use of words. (This is the very heart of the doctrine of the verbal plenary inspiration of the Scriptures.) In Him, Doc |
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2 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | Ocelot | 172407 | ||
Hi Doc, This may very well not be my place to speak. But I would point out that you left the key part of what Mark said, out of your quote. He said “Let us not fault those who, AFTER they have preached the gospel, invite the repentant to pray, and fault what their choice of words may be” Just thought I’d point that out. In Christian Love, Ocelot |
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3 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 172408 | ||
Good observation, Ocelot. Thank you! I must have "tunnel visioned" there for a moment. :-) Obviously, if they have, indeed, preached the Gospel, they will have conveyed it rightly through the use of words! Sorry, Brother Mark! That tunnel vision thing is sure a bad habit... especially when I do it while emphasizing the importance of our words! Whew! |
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4 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | mark d seyler | 172412 | ||
Not a problem, Doc! Sometimes I feel like I am bumping around in a tree filled with forests. But thing of it is, I suspect we have gone far afield of what John Hobbs initially intended - I suspect! So have we have concluded then that after a Scriptural presentation of the Gospel, none of us would have a problem with "inviting Jesus into our hearts"? Love in Christ, Mark |
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5 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 172419 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, Well, I'll only say that if Christ and the apostles would have said it, then we need not fear to say it. It would be a valuable study to learn how the Gospel is presented in each instance in the New Testament. I often find it difficult to think outside of the practices that have been handed down through our history in American Evangelicalism. Yet we are given the actual text of the preaching of Christ and the apostles from which to learn. In Him, Doc |
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6 | Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly | John 1:12 | mark d seyler | 172421 | ||
Hi Doc, In Acts 2, the crowd asked Peter "what shall we do?" Peter answered "Repent and be baptized". Did they say anything to announce their repentance? Its not recorded. Whether they nodded their heads, or said a prayer, or shouted together in unison "This we will do!" is not recorded. In Rev. 3:10, I would ask what is the door that Jesus is knocking on, and what would the proper response be? Love in Christ, Mark |
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