Could You be Emphasizing the Saving Work of Christ in Exchange for the Truth of His Indwelling Presence?| Crossway Articles

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For many in Evangelicalism today, the saving work of Christ has been so distanced from his person that the notion of a saving personal union with the incarnate, crucified, resurrected, living Jesus strikes us as rather outlandish.
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The balance to the message of the Gospel is in Paul’s statement in Cols 1:27, “27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” This theme is an expansion within Colossians of Christ’s root teaching of abiding in Him as the true vine (John 15), and His prayer for His personal indwelling of the believer (John 17:20-23), through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16f). These are essential truths that must see a revival within the church today.

Published by Noble Berean II

Raised a Catholic but became born again in young adulthood principally through reading Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell (I highly recommend it). I prefer the Reformed faith and subscribe to the Five Solas, but hold to baptism by immersion. I also hold to a continuationist view of the doctrine of Spiritual gifts. To me, the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, with a Christocentric theme in its entirety. I hold to an orthodox preterist hermeneutic and prefer the Postmillenial eschatology as the most biblical doctrine of God’s plan for His kingdom in Christ.

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