Romans 4:14-15 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless, because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
This scripture is pretty clear, apart from faith…there is no joint heirship with God. It wasn’t Abrahams adherence to the law that justified him…it was his faith in God.
I have just finished a book that has really challenged everything I am, as a believer….”They Like Jesus but not the Church” by Dan Kimball. The book basically sets forth the Chasms between non-believers and Christ. There was once believed to be a single chasm and that was sin….Kimball supposes that there is one more chasm and that is the church.
Isn’t it sad that the very “bride of Christ” is so distasteful to non-believers that….she isn’t even attractive to them. I believe after reading this book that we (the church) have become so caught up in the laws (legalism) that we forget about the faith part (loving and welcoming others).
I know every church and family is different…and at the risk of painting with an extremely broad brush….I see families that have close themselves off from non-believers in the church. They are judgmental and harsh toward the very people Christ came to save….and we acts as though….these non-believers must not be “the elect”. Woe to us Pharisees….us hypocrites!
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Have you read Pagan Christianity which discusses the traditions practiced in the church which are not founded on Scripture, etc...
I have only read bits, but it is interesting and I know others who really enjoyed it.
I believe it is by George Barna and some other fellow
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