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NASB | Matthew 4:23 ¶ Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 4:23 ¶ And He went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people [demonstrating and revealing that He was indeed the promised Messiah]. |
Bible Question:
Dear fellow Christians, When we see the four books of Gospel, the good news of the Kingdom of Heaven (or Kingdom of God) Jesus Messiah proclaimed emphasizes not only believing in Jesus but “mainly” the obedience to God’s Word. The modern Protestant church is stuck to justification by faith but ignores sanctification not necessarily theoretically but practically. This tradition produces more nominal Christians, hindering growth in true religion. We hear but do not practice or obey God’s Word. Do you agree with me that the Gospel Jesus preached was to urge us to live a life obeying God’s Word rather than to merely accept Jesus as the Savior? |
Bible Answer: Dear 00123, You might want to use the advanced search feature on the website, looking up my username and the word sanctification. Progressive sanctification is an essential element of salvation. You may have read about justification and sanctification in the "modern Protestant church" but they are not equivalent to salvation. It would be like saying the engine and the wheels are equivalent to your car. The engine and wheels are components that are required in making up a car, but they are not the car. The biblical view of soteriology consists of multiple aspects -- in theology, those aspects are called the ordo salutis (see post #151193). In Him, Doc PS I should have mentioned that in the Roman church, the soteriological terms are defined in utterly different ways. |