Be Here Sunday Night.
Sunday night we will have two baptisms.
Don’t you love being present with the church for baptisms?
After that our Firm Foundations classes will meet for their eighth (and final) week.
I have been teaching the Doctrinal Class this time around (The Doctrine of Salvation).
This week we will be asking and answering the key questions about salvation in Christ alone.
Is there really only one way?
What does this mean?
What about those who have never heard?
Our class notes will include this quote from John MacArthur. He nails it here.
The evangelical movement of today is no longer unified on this issue. Some who call themselves evangelicals are openly insisting that faith alone in Jesus is not the only way to heaven. They are now convinced that people of all faiths will be in heaven. Others are simply cowardly, embarrassed, or hesitant to affirm the exclusivity of the gospel in an era when inclusivity, pluralism, and tolerance are deemed supreme virtues by the secular world.
It is ironic that so many who are downplaying the exclusivity of Christ are doing it because they believe it is a barrier to “relevance.” Actually, Christianity is not relevant at all if it is merely one of many possible paths to God. The relevance of the gospel has always been its absolute exclusivity, summed up in the truth that Christ alone has atoned for sin and therefore Christ alone can provide reconciliation with God for those who believe only in Him.