Scripture offers about five hundred verses on prayer, fewer than five hundred on faith, and over two thousand on money. The believer's attitude toward money and possessions is determinative. In fact, it is central to the message of salvation. That is because the slavery metaphor points to the reality of Christ's lordship, and the lordship of Christ is essential to the biblical gospel. All Quotes Add A Quote. Books by John F. Twelve Extraordinary Women 5, ratings. Twelve Ordinary Men 4, ratings.
Slave 2, ratings. The Gospel According to Jesus 3, ratings. Create a video. Go live. Record screen. Create a webinar New! Menu Search. Features Create. Resources Learn. We certainly don't eliminate the threat of hell by refusing to speak or think of it. If we truly believe what the Bible teaches about the eternal fate of unbelievers, it is in no sense "loving" to remain silent and refuse to sound the appropriate alarm. What, after all, is the good news we proclaim in the gospel? It is not an announcement that no one really needs to fear God or fret about the possibility of hell.
As a matter of fact, there would be no glad tidings at all if God merely intended to capitulate to the stubborn will of man and forgo the demands of His perfect righteousness. The good news is even better than most believers understand: God made a way for His righteousness and His love to be fully reconciled.
In His incarnation, Christ fulfilled all righteousness satisfying, not nullifying, the demands of His law. In His death on the cross, He paid the price of His people's sin in full assuring the triumph of perfect justice. And in His resurrection from the dead, He put a powerful exclamation mark on His own perfect, finished work of atonement thus sealing the promise of justification forever for those who trust Him as Lord and Savior. That is the message we must declare to a worldly culture utterly lacking any real fear of God.
We cannot do it faithfully or effectively if from the very outset we have omitted the harsh truth Scripture declares about "the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty" Rev. Teaching Series. Conference Messages. Tabletalk Magazine. Gift Certificates. Ligonier Ministries. Supporting Ligonier. Renewing Your Mind. Ligonier Connect. Reformation Study Bible. Reformation Bible College. Stay in Touch. Eighteen years later, The Los Angeles Times featured a front-page article titled "Hold the Fire and Brimstone," pointing out that many style-conscious evangelical church leaders were purposely omitting the theme of divine retribution: In churches across America, hell is being frozen out as clergy find themselves increasingly hesitant to sermonize on.
He agreed that market-driven concerns are the main reason hell is being expunged from the evangelical message: Once pop evangelism went into market analysis, hell was just dropped. As he walked across the stage July 26 to the large, wooden pulpit, the auditorium that seats 3, people was filled with non-masked, non-socially distanced conservative evangelicals with another 1, people gathered outside who all jumped to their feet for a standing ovation.
As might be expected from Grace Church, the statement was filled with Bible verses to prove every point. They see the world through the lens of authority and power. And according to their theology, the ones who have the power are determined by a nuanced set of arrangements that ultimately boils down to the men who are elders over their church.
These numbers are on the rise and account for half the deaths in the state. They are actually proud of it. He even went so far as to argue with people who questioned how full the auditorium was by showing them even more photos of how full it was. And the responses flowed from supportive conservative evangelicals all around the country expressing gratitude through tears for their boldness.
I say this not just because I think it emotionally impossible fully to love a God capable of consigning any creature to everlasting suffering though in fact I do think this. I say it, rather, because absolute love of neighbor and a perfectly convinced belief in hell are antithetical to one another in principle.
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