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NASB | 1 John 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 2:2 And He [that same Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins [the atoning sacrifice that holds back the wrath of God that would otherwise be directed at us because of our sinful nature--our worldliness, our lifestyle]; and not for ours alone, but also for [the sins of all believers throughout] the whole world. |
Subject: How do we preach the Gospel? |
Bible Note: If someone does not accept the Bible as God's word, then tell how you would convince them there is a Creator? What foundation would you lay, so that they would begin to recognize that the Universe and us was a product of creation, rather than evolution? How would you reason with an evolutionist? Remember that you cannot use the Bible. What did the apostle Paul do when before the Areopagus, in Greece and spoke to the Athenians? How did he reason with them,for these did not know of the Christ? Also,Jesus said, three days before he was impaled, "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matt 24:14) Then after his resurrection, he told his disciples,"Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you."( Matt 28:19,20) How would you teach people " to observe all the things I have commanded you.", for the "good news of the kingdom" has to be done worldwide and only approximately one third of it professes to be Christian? What about the rest, since many of these do not accept the Bible? Paul wrote that God's "will is that all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. "(1 Tim 2:4) Since "all sorts of men " are to be saved, how then would you reach them if they are an atheist, or an agnostic? |