Marjoe Gortner didn't believe in the gospel he preached; Bill Bright does believe in his — but what's the difference?
Can you tell them that they have
not believed in the Gospel until they believe the entire Bible?
Not exact matches
That is the beauty of the
gospel, whether you
believe in it or
not; A part of God died so that we don't have to.
that's Satan 2Cor 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Authorship of John — many if
not most
NT scholars
believe that John nor one of 12 wrote John; James — most agree
not authored by James, and sometime
in 2nd century AD; Peter — a mystery — some think that it could have been an early template for the other
gospels; Luke — a mystery; Mark — finally it seems like we really might have another original author here — or were he and later Paul just using a very early Peter story?
I will say however that I did
not believe the truth (
in fact I was a major enemy of God and opposed the truth of the
gospel) concerning salvation until someone urged me to read the bible.
«No one's beyond hope, we've seen redemption
in the most unlikely people... when you're talking about certain sexual offences I think you have to be very careful, and the support has to be lifelong, but I think we
believe in that
Gospel don't we, everyone is
not beyond the blood of Christ, everyone can be changed.»
You're wrong, Jesus of Nazereth did
not fulfill the prophacies of the Torah, and many that he did «fulfill» was the writers of the
gospels trying to fit it
in to get more jews to
believe.
If the
gospel is
not preached with conviction — the convictions that humanity is
in need of salvation and that Jesus is the Savior who liberates us into the fullness of our humanity and gives us eternal life — then the
gospel will
not be
believed.
Everyone who
believes that Jesus and God are one
in the same most often refer to the
Gospel of John because you won't find that assertion
in the three other
gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke.
Many people
believe that much of the original stories behind the New Testament text (and maybe parts of the text itself — such as the
Gospel of Matthew) was originally
in Hebrew,
not Greek.
I
believe the reason people are leaving church
in droves is because the
gospel is
not being preached
in a way that challenges people to go deeper
in their relationship with God,
in which their lives are transformed and they are
in turn discipling others.
(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow
not their desires but say: «I
believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (
Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.
In John's Gospel, Christ says of himself: «I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness» (Jn 12:46
In John's
Gospel, Christ says of himself: «I have come as light into the world, that whoever
believes in me may not remain in darkness» (Jn 12:46
in me may
not remain
in darkness» (Jn 12:46
in darkness» (Jn 12:46).
The fourth
Gospel reports Jesus» saying, «If you love me, you will keep my commandments,» and «He who
believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does
not obey the Son shall
not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.»
Montgomery, however, did
not proclaim the «women's
gospel» but simply the message of the Bible,
believing in the power of Christianity to transform the world» socially, politically, and intellectually.
I
believe that I can
not of my own understanding and strength
believe in or come to Jesus Christ my Lord, but that the Holy Ghost has called me by the
Gospel and illuminated me with His gifts, and sanctified and preserved me
in the true faith..
Those who claim otherwise are the wolves
in sheep's clothing as even the Mormon's do good works (don't drink / teach no sex before marriage etc...) but they do
not believe the
gospel and are
not saved.
While the death and resurrection of Jesus are central to the
Gospel,
believing in the resurrection of Jesus is
not required for a person to receive eternal life from Jesus.
If you don't
believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, at this point
in the
Gospel, then John's efforts will have been wasted and the
Gospel will have failed.»
In fact, one may well ask whether the
gospel has been
believed if our feet are
not freed to dance and our tongues to sing.
2 Corinthians 4:3 - 4 KJV But if our
gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4]
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
In the Synoptics, for example, faith is the precedent condition of Jesus» miracles while in the Fourth Gospel faith is the consequence of Jesus» miracles — «Believe me for the very works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye believe not me, believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.&raqu
In the Synoptics, for example, faith is the precedent condition of Jesus» miracles while
in the Fourth Gospel faith is the consequence of Jesus» miracles — «Believe me for the very works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye believe not me, believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.&raqu
in the Fourth
Gospel faith is the consequence of Jesus» miracles — «
Believe me for the very works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye believe not me, believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.
Believe me for the very works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye
believe not me, believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.
believe not me,
believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.
believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples
believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself
believed, and his whole house.»
THe women tell the disciples, who
in this
gospel anole do
not believe them except Peter.
If you are
not really clear what the
Gospel is, and if you don't really know how to share the
Gospel with others, then
in all likelihood, you don't really know if you yourself have
believed the
Gospel, or if you have
believed the right thing, or
believed enough.
And those of them who hear us preach are quite likely to
believe that we are
not ourselves honest when we preach the
gospel, because they know perfectly well that
in our «secular» moments we do
not subscribe to any such scheme of things.
A judgement day for all 7 billion people on earth that
believe in your judgemental god or
not, you and your religion are as believable as the Theogony or the
Gospel of the FSM.
Neville you are right
in that sense that the holy spirit or anti christ is
not mentioned however the whole book is about the return of Jesus and the rise of the anti christ so it is logical to
believe that the one being restrained is the man of sin or anti christ.I
believe it is the anti christ and the restrainer is the holy spirit that is working through believers.It comes down to personal belief but This article covers all the options http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/revelation/related-topics/who-is-the-restrainer.html What do you
believe about preaching the
Gospel to all nations and then the Lord will return at this point
in time i
believe there is around 2000 unreached people groups.brentnz
You can either
believe Paul's version of the
Gospel or you can
believe in the Gnostic version, but you can't
believe both.
Well, I guess if they are going to throw 4
gospels in the trash «coz the Jews cry about «The Blood Curse» and want to make
believe to make it go away, might as well go around edit out anything else inconvenient... Yeah, let's get poor St Simon of Trent and throw that statue
in the trash... It used to be «What PART of HIS BLOOD be upon us and our Children's Children's Children until the END of TIME don't you understand!?
Brian and Alden... let's
not forget that the early church
believed in the imminent return of the Lord... it appears somebody was wrong... how wd that belief affect the message on what was to be accepted as the
gospel in the interim?
They
believe in a Church which knows of a natural law and which aims at subjecting
not only the sentiments of men's hearts but also the concrete reality of life and history to the law of the
Gospel.
Chen told CNN's Sandra Endo last week that Lin doesn't
believe in a prosperity
gospel, where having great faith means everything will always work out.
«Although some notable New Testament scholars affirm traditional Johannine scholarship, the majority do
not believe that John or one of the Apostles wrote it, and trace it instead to a «Johannine community» which traced its traditions to John; the
gospel itself shows signs of having been composed
in three «layers», reaching its final form about 90 - 100 AD.»
The Church will
not, for example, be able to baptize an African chieftain who wants to keep his harem; yet she may,
in certain circumstances, judge that he has a subjectively good conscience (though he has heard the message of the
gospel and is willing
in principle to
believe in it), because
in his actual social and human circumstances he can
not yet realize the moral demand of monogamy, as little as formerly king David and king Solomon.
I
believe that while the apostle Paul instructed some women
not to teach, he encouraged others to prophesy, teach, and lead, and so we have to look at the epistles
in their totality and
in their context rather than lifting a few verses out to restrict women from preaching the
gospel.
You may
believe the
Gospel of John is made up whole cloth too but it shows that, at the latest
in the second century, that Christian understood themselves to be adopted into God's people
not by blood by by faith (by faith we are saved through grace is how Paul put it).
Jesus is
not saying that God has chosen who the sheep will be before they ever
believe in Jesus, and when people hear the
Gospel, only those who are predestined to be God's sheep will actually
believe.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should
not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent
in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who
believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics
in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs,
not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the
gospel and don't
believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray
in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent
in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are
not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're
not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for
not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
If I am going to choose to
believe in the teaching of Christ, the
gospels, or something else — I want to know Jesus,
not any of the above faiths mentioned.
It is
not implausible to
believe that after preaching
in Gundaphar's kingdom
in the North, Thomas moved on as all traditions affirm, to preach the
Gospel to other kingdoms as well, the kingdoms of south western and south eastern India, until at last he was put to death, perhaps near Madras.
the blood of the son of god is greater then mur and the biblea moral system its a
gospel and a covenant that says we cant meet gods standard but jesus did, so everyone can be forgiven of anything if they recieve it form jesus od does
nt say just cause u murdered your excluded to god sin is sin, the only difference is the level of boundary you break ad the consequence
in this life, a liar gets a small consequence a murder will
in this reap judgement, but to after this life god sees as we a sinned, jesus paid it all and he forgives everyone who
believes in jesus for an they did
I think I cd safely assume that there is some unknowability
in yr understanding of God (mystery), that you accept and
believe a
gospel narrative (discovery) and yr engaged
in how you treat others (Spirit) The point of the model is
not being the same, but recognizing sameness.
I think that's a reasonable position.But I still can't understand why you say the
gospel and Jesus are the same, because you can say I
believe in Jesus and the
gospel.
In my church context, it was an age of believing the gospel could be connected to prosperity, that in the name of Jesus we could not only find love and peace, but also Benzes, McMansions, future husbands (also known as Boaz), future wives (also known as Proverbs 31 women), land, larger paychecks, and awesome shoe
In my church context, it was an age of
believing the
gospel could be connected to prosperity, that
in the name of Jesus we could not only find love and peace, but also Benzes, McMansions, future husbands (also known as Boaz), future wives (also known as Proverbs 31 women), land, larger paychecks, and awesome shoe
in the name of Jesus we could
not only find love and peace, but also Benzes, McMansions, future husbands (also known as Boaz), future wives (also known as Proverbs 31 women), land, larger paychecks, and awesome shoes.
I notice
in your intro, you state that the following is a misleading idea of the
Gospel: «It's
not enough just to
believe.
I personally don't
believe that those who have never heard the
gospel wind up
in hell.
Are you saying something like «I
believe in Jesus and the
gospel although I haven't got it all figured out?»
But since Jesus does
not lie, we can know Jesus is telling the truth
in the
Gospel of John when He promises eternal life to all who
believe in Him for it.
The «
gospel,» remember, is
not simply the message that eternal life is given to those who
believe in Jesus for it.