piningforChrist
Puritan Board Freshman
<P>The apostle Paul states in Chapter 2 of his first letter to the Corinthians,</P>
<P><SPAN class=chapter-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0066cc size=2>2:1 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. <STRONG><SPAN class=verse-num><FONT face=Verdana size=2>2 </FONT></SPAN>For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.</STRONG> <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>3 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>4 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>5 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.</P>
<P>Can we pool together and establish a declaration of the Gospel that is short and will be adequate to preach in both an edifying way for the church and in a evangelizing way for the world?</P>
<P>Please list helpful Scripture texts, especially, that explain the Gospel in a way that avoids the mistakes of merit presented by Popery and adequately deliniate THE essential of the Christain faith, both its abstract reality and the means to attain its benefits.</P>
[Edited on 11-3-2005 by piningforChrist]
<P><SPAN class=chapter-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#0066cc size=2>2:1 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. <STRONG><SPAN class=verse-num><FONT face=Verdana size=2>2 </FONT></SPAN>For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.</STRONG> <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>3 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>4 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, <SPAN class=verse-num><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>5 </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.</P>
<P>Can we pool together and establish a declaration of the Gospel that is short and will be adequate to preach in both an edifying way for the church and in a evangelizing way for the world?</P>
<P>Please list helpful Scripture texts, especially, that explain the Gospel in a way that avoids the mistakes of merit presented by Popery and adequately deliniate THE essential of the Christain faith, both its abstract reality and the means to attain its benefits.</P>
[Edited on 11-3-2005 by piningforChrist]