tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post1917826223125003335..comments2024-02-02T14:59:31.756-06:00Comments on Sola Scriptura Christian Liberty: Are you not preaching the real Gospel if you're not offending people?Kuudere-Kunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06537085979461349854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-35854414174887241062018-12-09T19:17:54.875-06:002018-12-09T19:17:54.875-06:00Wait .. . I am reading this blog and seeing you te...Wait .. . I am reading this blog and seeing you teach the truth of salvation by faith in Jesus the son of God alone , and the you also say universal salvation is true how?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-79650445272123178912018-12-09T19:15:14.683-06:002018-12-09T19:15:14.683-06:00Blessed is he who is not offendedBlessed is he who is not offendedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-47215546464053441812018-12-09T19:11:29.412-06:002018-12-09T19:11:29.412-06:00The gospel of grace would be offensive to flesh to...The gospel of grace would be offensive to flesh to the works crewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-9553113953471087202018-12-09T19:10:07.837-06:002018-12-09T19:10:07.837-06:00If the Gospel your Preaching has works in addition...If the Gospel your Preaching has works in addition to Faith it might be offensive to many people<br /><br />If the Gospel your Preaching requires repentance it might be offensive to many people<br /><br />If the Gospel your preaching denies assurance of Salvation it might be offensive to many people.<br /><br />If the Gospel your preaching says Salvation can be lost it might be offensive to many people<br /><br />If the Gospel your preaching says not everyone is eligible for Salvation it might be offensive to many people.<br /><br />And as Jesus said<br /><br />Many shall say to me on that Day but Lord Lord...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-31309644737087709052015-08-24T10:23:39.950-05:002015-08-24T10:23:39.950-05:00The mocking and beating from Roman Soldiers wasn&#...The mocking and beating from Roman Soldiers wasn't in response to his message. That's just I suspect they always treated their victims. They were mocking his claim to Kingship without understanding it.<br /><br />The people who simply stopped following were not necessarily offended, but they were by far mostly Jewish.<br /><br />That post set me off form attitudes I'd been seeing the Church for awhile, like the Pastor I do not like to name. Mike seems fairly like able over all.Kuudere-Kunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537085979461349854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184244725033558886.post-60558787826122753532015-06-01T12:47:21.191-05:002015-06-01T12:47:21.191-05:00While I agree with your overall premise, Jared, I ...While I agree with your overall premise, Jared, I have to take exception to some of your statements, as I did to what you said at Decompose. Here for example you said, "Jesus had mixed receptions from Jews, but never once did a Greek or Roman dislike him." This doesn't seem accurate in light of the mocking and beating the Roman soldiers gave Jesus. They didn't put on the crown of thorns and slap Him and as Him who hit him because they wanted to follow Him. <br /><br />What about the Gentiles who were afraid of Jesus after He cast the demonic Legion into the pigs? They begged Him to leave. Offended? Maybe not, but I don't think you'd say they were fans or indifferent. So that would leave, opposed to, as I calculate things.<br /><br />Jesus was most offensive to the crowd following Him when He told them to take up their cross daily, that the first would be last and the last first. It was at that point He asked His disciples if they would go away too. The people who had listened to His stories and watched Him heal people did not stick around when He told them what His Messiah-ship would actually look like. Those were not just the priests and Levites.<br /><br />In short, the Gospel is offensive to those who don't believe. As you point out, that includes those who think they can do it on their own, but there's a growing number of people who are offended by the "myth" of God and Jesus and heaven and salvation. They don't even think they need to be saved, so there's no works concept, no personal I'll-do-it-myself idea. They simply don't think they need a savior. One of the greatest problem of our culture, I think, is the idea that Humankind is good. So when you tell a person who believes that that instead, they are a sinner, they are offended.<br /><br />I really am not sure why you find Mike's post offensive, Jared. He does not believe in works salvation and I don't think what he wrote in that post suggests he does.<br /><br />BeckyRebecca LuElla Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823550402103559922noreply@blogger.com