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NASB | Romans 1:16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:16 ¶ I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
Subject: The Gospel the sole means of salvation? |
Bible Note: Dear Cyclist, I appreciate your words and join with you in praising our Lord. He is absolutely, positively in charge of His creation. He can choose whatever means He pleases to bring His elect into the Kingdom. However His Word tells us that He has chosen the Gospel of His Son Jesus, as the only means by which men will be saved. Rom 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Heb 1:1,2 "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son". You cited examples of God's miraculous deeds from former times. He chose those means at that time to accomplish His will. Now that Christ has been revealed and has accomplished that which His Father's sent Him to do, He uses the Gospel alone. How else is Jesus to be glorified? Brother John |