Things New and Old: To the believing, the gospel speaks of the power of God unto salvation

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

To the believing, the gospel speaks of the power of God unto salvation

Rom 1:16 ¶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Rom 1:16
¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

This wonderful passage is often misunderstood by those who are afflicted with the disease called soundbytitis. One of the consequences is the serious error of gospel regeneration.

The passage is NOT saying that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. The passage is saying that to the believing ones, the gospel is perceived as the message that declares the power of God in salvation.

The news informs of what has happened; the gospel is good news of what God has sovereignly done, by His divine power alone to save His elect, through His Son Christ Jesus alone, and freely applied to each elect by the Holy Spirit alone.

The gospel is the message of the power of God in salvation; God, in Jesus Christ, saved His people to the uttermost.

The same gospel is perceived by the perishing ones as foolishness.

"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Cor 1:18.

There is an unbridgeable gulf between the two.

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Read an article here: Why I am not ashamed of the gospel?
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2017/07/why-i-am-not-ashamed-of-gospel-of-christ.html