I have been wrongfully accused of teaching heresy. I do not teach heresy, I teach what the Bible says, I believe the same Gospel that the apostle Paul preached. I do not attend or support any religious denomination. Those that have accused me of teaching heresy were never able to support their claims with scripture. Just because someone calls you a devil, a wolf, a deceiver does not mean that it is so.
Paul taught that we are justified by faith, Romans 5:1, apart from the works of the law, Romans 3:20. The law is any religious thing that one might do, there is nothing that we can do that will justify us, because we are justified by faith, which also means that we are justified by Christ.
"To declare, I say, at this time HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS: that he might be just and the JUSTIFIER of him that believes in Jesus" Romans 3:26.
There it is right before you. Jesus justifies the UNGODLY by faith alone.
"But to him that does no works, but believes on him that JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY, his faith is counted for righteousness" Romans 4:5.
This is the same thing that I believe. If you don't like it take it up with Paul. I am just telling you what Paul said. I believe Paul 100%, does that make me a deceiver, a wolf, a devil or whatever else you want to call me?
Not only does Jesus justify us, Jesus also reconciles us to God the Father. Paul strongly taught this and so do I, it is part of the Gospel.
"And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and has given unto us the ministry of reconciliation" 2 Corinthians 5:18.
"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation" 2 Corinthians 5:19.
This is what I teach and believe. Does this sound like heresy to you? After reading this do you still believe that I am a devil?
Now, do you believe that God has reconciled us and the world unto himself by Jesus Christ? Did Jesus make us holy so that we could be reconciled unto God by our good works and our piety? The scripture plainly says that Jesus justifies "THE UNGODLY" If you don't see yourself as ungodly then you may not qualify to be reconciled to God.
Jesus has come into the world as the last Adam or the new Adam to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves. Can you fulfill every jot and tittle of God's Holy Law? Matthew 5:18. Can you atone for your sins and the sins of the whole world? 1 John 2:2. Of course you can't, because you are a sinner in need of a savior.
Once again, I believe all that Paul wrote. It is not heresy, I am not a devil, nor am I a wolf or a deceiver. I believe God's word to be true.
Yep, those passages bring out a large part of all that the gospel of Christ is actually comprised of.
By the way, Pate, I've been conducting a survey amongst MADs who do not participate on TOL - MADs I'd come to know before there even was a TOL.
My basic question to them has been "in your understanding, where exactly is the gospel of Christ found in Paul's writings, would you say it is 1 Cor. 15: 3,4?" (Romans thru Philemon)
To a man and woman, their response has basically been along the line of each their shared understanding, more or less, that "1 Cor. 15: 3, 4 are basically the heart of the gospel, but not its various parts - because Paul is writing to people he had preached the gospel of Christ to, so what it is comprised of is not readily identifiable in one place alone - because he is basically reminding them of one aspect in some passages he writes to them, of another aspect of it in other passages, and so on..."
That has been the general gist of their collective reply - contact various Mid-Acts assemblies, and you'll find this is the case.
In short, thus far, a good thirty or forty MADs have basically agreed with your assertion about 1 Cor. 15: 3, 4.
I'm still getting the same basic feedback from others within Mid-Acts, even as I post this.
No surprise here - MADS are not the only people actually clear on the various details that the gospel of Christ is actually comprised of.
With the exception of those "MADs" and their false front, on TOL.
The false front of supposedly caring about others they for some odd reason believe this gospel of the grace of God involves spitting on, demeaning and slandering, of anyone who does not kow tow to their hypcrisy.
But I am sure I am not the only person on here very well aware that the Apostle Paul had also had his share of such frauds.
For he certainly invests enough time in his writings calling such out.
Pay no mind to such, Pate - plenty more MADS than the small, baseless, fake united front on here calling its self "MAD," have agreed with you on your above.
Romans 5:6-8.
