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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Subject: Is hearing necessary for salvation? |
Bible Note: Dear Discilerami, I suggest you use the search function to learn of the scriptual defense of the doctrine of "unconditional election". You wrote: (in reponse to my insistance that the natural man considers the gospel foolishness) "That right, they do. But what is the remedy? Preach the Gospel to them, appeal to them the Christian evidences, challenge their thinking, their mindset. They can come to their senses (like the prodigal) and be saved. The nature they are born with dose not prohibit them from seeing the truth. We just need to preach and teach it to them." The following is why I do not accept your reponse: The great evangelist Paul, knew what he was talking about when he wrote in 1 cor1:18 "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." Our reasoned arguements, no matter how well presented in our proclamation of the gospel, remain foolishness to those who are perishing. Those who are pesuaded by human wisdom and frothy emotional appeal, will wither away for they have no "root" in them. God alone has the power to save, and He does so by His Spirit for those who are being saved. In other words, our salvation was a miraculous work of God, not a result of a decision on the part of man. John 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. I could supply you with a wealth of proof from God's Holy Word, but time does not permit and I must now earn my daily bread. :-) John Reformed |