When making disciples, you must give practical steps to biblical principles befitting the disciple's need.
Saying "Have faith" isn't helpful to someone who doesn't know what it means to have faith.
You must give them actionable steps to practice their faith.
Salvation cost us nothing and at the same time costs us everything. God has purchased for us our adoption and our citizenship into His Kingdom. We pay nothing for that. Yet accepting it does cost us our old identity and our old way of life. (Phil 3:8)
@Thomasdelvasto_ Jesus regularly spoke on hell (Matt 5:22, 5:29-30, 7:19, 8:12, 10:28, 11:24, 13:40-42, 13:50, 16:18, 18:9, 22:13, 23:33, 24:51, 25:30, and 25:41. I get wanting people to follow God out of love rather than fear but new believers will not have perfect love that casts out fear.
@In_awe_of_God There is gospel onlyism and easy believism. The teaching that the gospel is the only hill worth dying on is a reduction of the gospel itself. The separation of trusting Jesus for salvation and committing yourself to Him. Believe He is risen AND call Him Lord.
@usuallypregnant She is an adult. We donโt control the faith of our spouse. 1 Cor 7 is so clear on this. And yes, Men are to lead their house, but you canโt lead where people are unwilling to follow. Submission is their responsibility, not yours.
@matt_everhard Letting go of bitterness, wrath, and a need for vengence is freeing! Though this does not replace holding people accountable for their sins and is the first steps of reconciliation.
@DracoReformans The saints in heaven do pray for us. That much we know from scripture, but nowhere does it say that they have access to God's omniscience nor does it lay out a practice of praying to heavenly saints. This is a foreign practice to scripture that was practiced by the mid 3rd cent.
@sola_chad If a pastor preaches in such a way that every point is reliving a debate to prove his doctrinal camp then he is an apologist, not a pastor. Pastoral exegetical preaching is such that while his theological camp may differ, the gospel and ordinances of God ring true.
@OfficialPCMR Both. I love Elden Ring's universal difficulty with in game items you can use to increase difficulty or lower it. I also love story games that have an easy mode for when the game gets too hard and I'm too invested in the story to quit.
@ungal_wood_tri@SteveDeaceShow There are two sources with numbers for all causes of death, including abortions. Accept them or deny them, there they are.
@ungal_wood_tri@SteveDeaceShow https://t.co/reVUcHnxVY - 73m abortions world wide per year from a prochoice source.
https://t.co/7go0MG2uFX
- Record holding year (2021) for most deaths recorded so far 2021 - 69m deaths (Not counting abortions). 2020, 22-25 average 62m. Abortion > All other deaths combined.
@1984_nate "by the one manโs disobedience the many were made sinners" Romans 5:19. I'm done responding with anything but verses to you at this point.
@moral_matrix@1984_nate We are to give the outward call (Rom 10:14); but God gives the inner call (John 6:37). We plant seeds, trusting God for growth (1 Cor 3:6). God must open their darkened mind (Eph 4:18) and hardened heart (Ez36:26) in His timing. Donโt give up on them (1 Cor 7:16; 2 Cor 5:20).
@1984_nate Sin didn't just enter the world according to Rom 5, it "spread" to "All men". We also all bear the guilt of his offense as those born to him: "one trespass led to condemnation for all men". You can't say Adam's sin is not imputed to us then claim Christ's righteousness is.
@1984_nate "I was born in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me" "sin entered the world through one man" "by one man's disobedience the many were made sinners" "in Adam all die" "The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies"