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NASB | John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name-- [Is 56:5] |
Subject: Are we presenting the gospel scripturaly |
Bible Note: 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 |