How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site. Could you please get back to me on my email: lauryn.wake@gmail.com for the full details.
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Yes, I think it is good to highlight how the narrow account of the gospel relates to all the scripture...
While all the letters refer to the Good News, salvation, etc. The narrow account of the gospel, is only recorded succinctly in 2 Cor. 15: 3 &4. The other letters extend the Good News and our understanding of how it impacts all of our lives. True, Paul was sent to preach the gospel and did so to those who hadn't heard. But, after they heard, he had many important things to say. And, if they were confused on the gospel, as in the case of the Galations who were in deep trouble because there were those who were trying to bring them back into the bondage of the law. Paul really covered salvation in great detail with them. Paul, Peter, John, and the writer of Hebrews told them what was relevant and what they needed to hear. I don't think you'd think that the writers of these epistles and their teachings were preaching another gospel because they didn't constantly restate the narrow gospel account. Neither do I expect this in the teachings today. If you see it differently, you are certainly welcome. God has called us to peace & I see no reason to debate such things.
The way you use the word 'gospel' - I'd understand it to mean the whole counsel of the New Testament - the instructions that Jesus gave - they would be important, right? The counsel shared in the epistles... to help us to learn what it means to live in Christ. The accounts in Acts to see how they walked out their new faith in Christ in those early days... The understanding shared in Romans and Hebrews: Understanding what Christ did for us, how he fulfilled the law and how to get along with each other in this new life... And, to understand them, we need to understand the OT prophets and law was about. The OT books of history, the books of Moses to understand Isreal... How we are adopted into Isreal - Isreal is the tree that we are grafted into - we need to understand what that that tree is! The there are the Psalms - bathing in the words of those who honored God, pleaded with God and worshipped Him! Then, Proverbs and Ecc., with their wisdom on living wisely day to day. The warnings to the churches in Revelations and the blessings offered to people who read Revelation so we have a sense of how things will be when He returns to set all things in order. All of these are important to God, right and important to us for reproof, for correction and instruction in righteousness, right?
To me, this is the Good News... The whole Gospel.
Great!
Sounds like you are focusing on Christ to lead your people to manurity like it says in Hebrews (my favorite book)
"THEREFORE LET us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God,
2With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.]
3If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching].
Mike,
Hey! Can you tell me a little about your ministry and where you see it going? I'd love to hear. And, as we hear about each other's ministry it stirs us all up to love and doing more service for Him! http://tiny.cc/MyMinistry
Mike,
Thanks for joining and commenting on our effort...
You are so right - joining is good & we need to be advancing His kingdom. We're using a 'test' to help guide joining: that is this, no one would attach a dead or diseased limb. Just because a church or ministry wants to join -- we need to test: is it healthy, needing renewed or needing revived. Here is the test: are the Great Commandments and Great Commission in balance? If the Great Commandments overshadows the Great Commission, you can have the social gospel devoid of the cross and salvation. If the Great Commission overshadows the Great Commandments, you can have a loveless gospel or worse, manipulative evangelism where we love just so that people will listen and 'drop them' if they don't respond.
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Hello dear,
How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site. Could you please get back to me on my email: lauryn.wake@gmail.com
for the full details.
Have a nice day,
Thanks God bless.
Miss. Lauryn Wake.
Welcome to Kingdom Insight. Please let me know if you have any questions on using any of the functions within the community - i.e. starting discussions, replying to discussions, writing a blog entry, etc. I am here to help!
While all the letters refer to the Good News, salvation, etc. The narrow account of the gospel, is only recorded succinctly in 2 Cor. 15: 3 &4. The other letters extend the Good News and our understanding of how it impacts all of our lives. True, Paul was sent to preach the gospel and did so to those who hadn't heard. But, after they heard, he had many important things to say. And, if they were confused on the gospel, as in the case of the Galations who were in deep trouble because there were those who were trying to bring them back into the bondage of the law. Paul really covered salvation in great detail with them. Paul, Peter, John, and the writer of Hebrews told them what was relevant and what they needed to hear. I don't think you'd think that the writers of these epistles and their teachings were preaching another gospel because they didn't constantly restate the narrow gospel account. Neither do I expect this in the teachings today. If you see it differently, you are certainly welcome. God has called us to peace & I see no reason to debate such things.
To me, this is the Good News... The whole Gospel.
Sounds like you are focusing on Christ to lead your people to manurity like it says in Hebrews (my favorite book)
"THEREFORE LET us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God,
2With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.]
3If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching].
How do you add & equip your people for service, tangible acts of love: Being Jesus' hands and feet?
Hey! Can you tell me a little about your ministry and where you see it going? I'd love to hear. And, as we hear about each other's ministry it stirs us all up to love and doing more service for Him! http://tiny.cc/MyMinistry
Thanks for joining and commenting on our effort...
You are so right - joining is good & we need to be advancing His kingdom. We're using a 'test' to help guide joining: that is this, no one would attach a dead or diseased limb. Just because a church or ministry wants to join -- we need to test: is it healthy, needing renewed or needing revived. Here is the test: are the Great Commandments and Great Commission in balance? If the Great Commandments overshadows the Great Commission, you can have the social gospel devoid of the cross and salvation. If the Great Commission overshadows the Great Commandments, you can have a loveless gospel or worse, manipulative evangelism where we love just so that people will listen and 'drop them' if they don't respond.