Graeme Goldsworthy has written a few good books on Biblical Theology. I've been reading According to Plan, and he wrote about how the Gospel is God's means of saving us totally. Goldsworthy said,
As we begin the Christian life by placing our whole trust in the Christ of the gospel event, so in the same way we continue in the Christian life. The Gospel not only brings us to new birth and faith as Christians; it is God's means of saving us totally. The Gospel is the power of God for salvation (Romans 1:16), and this means the whole of salvation for the whole person. Thus the gospel converts us, the gospel sustains us in the Christian life and brings us to maturity and the gospel brings us to perfection through our resurrection from the dead.
- Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible.
Again I am reminded of the need to preach and teach the whole Gospel, and not truncate it to mere "decisionism" or an event - getting people to make a commitment or say a prayer to receive Jesus and to leave them at that. The Gospel is God's means of saving us totally; it means we have to communicate the whole Gospel to whole persons for the whole of life.
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Grace and Peace,
Ollie
March 2009
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