Theocast
The "Prove Yourself" Gospel
November 2, 2022
Summary
It is Reformation Week. And here at Theocast, in the tradition of the Reformation, we always seek to clarify the gospel. When we do, people respond in somewhat predictable ways. "Well, you do believe that Christians are required to obey, right?" "Obedience is required for salvation." Are these questions indicative of misunderstanding? How should we respond to these kinds of questions? Jon and Justin double down on union with Christ by faith in today's episode.
Topics
- Episode focus: The "Prove Yourself" Gospel
- And here at Theocast, in the tradition of the Reformation, we always seek to clarify the gospel
- When we do, people respond in somewhat predictable ways
- "Well, you do believe that Christians are required to obey, right?" "Obedience is required for salvation." Are these questions indicative of misunderstanding?
- How should we respond to these kinds of questions?
Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin, and it is Reformation Week in the year of our Lord 2022.
Here at Theocast, we always seek to clarify the gospel of Jesus Christ, and we find that when we do, people respond to us in very interesting and somewhat predictable ways.
One of the things that we often get thrown back at us is: well, guys, what about obedience?
And people will cite a number of verses that would speak to Christians obeying God's Word and obeying God's commands.
But what's often done is the focus is taken completely away from Jesus and is put solely on the believer, and we double down on obedience to the extent that we divorce it from Christ altogether.
And how a person is performing becomes the determiner of one's salvation.
Maybe you've experienced this.
Maybe you have struggled with these kinds of thoughts and feelings, with this kind of church environment in your life?
If you have, today's episode is for you.
We are going to double down on union with Christ by faith in honor of the Reformed tradition today.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, clarifying the gospel and reclaiming the purpose of the kingdom.
Some might ask, are we still encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ?
As a matter of fact, we are, and we're doing this.
From a reformed and confessional perspective, and hopefully also a pastor.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
John, it's good to be around the microphones with you.
