"To accept the gospel" means to willingly embrace and believe in the teachings, message, and truths of the Christian faith as described in the Bible, particularly about Jesus Christ, his life, death, and resurrection.
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It is by Tradition that we accept Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and do not
accept the gospels of Thomas or Peter.
One reason the Jewish people did not
accept the gospel message (from Jesus or Paul) is that it threatened their exalted position as God's only «chosen» people.
Jesus may not have punished them, but the gospel is pretty darn clear about what will happen to you if you do not
blindly accept the gospel.
When a man
thus accepts the gospel message with the total self, he exemplifies the eschatological event, which for Bultmann means the culminating point of history.
Soon many African Americans
joyously accepted the gospel through the Methodist witness — though most remained appalled at the hypocrisy and cruelty of so many «Christian» slave masters.
It is God's ordination that those of humble, teachable, honest hearts, seeking the truth and life, shall come to life when it is offered, and
such accepted the gospel on this occasion.
While recognizing the difficulty of according an appropriate place for the exercise of this authority in actual church polity, Groupe des Dombes asks in «One Teacher» that «all churches agree to share in the debate regarding problems of faith and morals which are raised in a new way, acting together to take decisions in common whenever possible, and
accepting the gospel principle of mutual correction.»
We must find back to the complete gospel of Jesus Christ: Repentance,
accepting the gospel as true, and getting sacramentally baptized in order to experience the releasing power of the gospel.
The reason we do baptisms for the dead is to offer our deceased ancestors an opportunity to
accept the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Jewish rejection in the middle voice indicates that the Gentile disposition to
accept the gospel message should also be in the middle voice.
I have read through
the accepted gospels time and time again, never have I seen where Jesus said anything about hanging women from their braids in hell.
In a word: we still shall love the sinners, even if they don't want to
accept the gospel.
The Sermon on the Mount makes it clear, how God (Jesus) wants us to handle people, which don't want to
accept the gospel and want to continue to sin (for example gayness).
Mormons believe that no one is made to accept the baptism, it is their choice, so a deceased gay person could choose to
accept the gospel or not.
Loving people is often the first step in seeing them understand and
accept the gospel.
Mormons believe that no one is made to accept the baptism, it is their choice, so a deceased person could choose to
accept the gospel or not.
Everybody who repents, and
accepts the gospel of Jesus as true can be baptized, is allowed to enter the Kingdom of God.
The poor
themselves accept the gospel of work.
He studies his Bible and admits to an affinity for the «Christian sentiment,» but insists: «
I accept the Gospel of Jesus as a challenge to go my own way.»
We believe that once we have all passed away that we will have the opportunity to
accept the Gospel or not.
They will be free to
accept the gospel of Jesus Christ after they die.
we don't know if they are willing to
accept the Gospel or not.
However impressive the alleged sign or wonder might be, we are not to pay heed to any messenger who leads us toward a different god than the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or to
accept another gospel than the one the Church received from the apostles in the first century.
The Apostle Paul» stated very clearly that those who do not
accept his gospel «are without excuse for what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them» (Rom.
I get Texas.I lived half my life in Texas, grew up in Texas churches, ministered in 3 of them,
accepted the gospel of Willow Creek (which is from Chicago but is Texas - sized) in one of them, and know full well what Jesus meant when he said a prophet is not accepted in....
Furthermore, these churches argue that we should not be wasting our time on social justice issues until people have heard and
accept the Gospel.
rich to
accept the gospel.
According to Paul, it is God's will which is manifested in the Jewish inability to
accept the gospel of Christ.
A process and a journey that some find through opening their minds and eyes and seeking answers rather than
accepting gospel.
I do not
accept the gospel or the Christology of Latter - day Saints — and they don't believe I am a member of an authentic church.
Now Chuck Colson heads one of the largest prison ministries in the world where thousands of inmates hear and
accept the Gospel every year.