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God is the Gospel!
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I wrote: No wonder Christianity is in such decline, its adherents can't even express their philosophy coherently.
You don't reply to what I said and restate it as:
Oh I do apologise for taking your words out of context.
I asked the question, I praised the lesson quarterly for asking the question and then you accuse me of acting as if asking questions is a bad thing.
Its not your asking questions thats a bad thing. Its what you said here:
Saying I would teach them the gospel says nothing. It is like answering a question about the identical speed of two trains one leaving from point A and one from point B and asking where they intersect by saying I would teach my child the finer points of mathematics and the intricacies of word problems. You equate people not being able to explain their beliefs coherently as people not teaching their children the gospel. The gospel you can't define because you can't present it coherently. Because you can't answer the simple question other then by saying "I teach my children the gospel".
Unless I am misunderstanding you here...your point of explaining the gospel to children is like teaching them Algebra. If that is so, you under-estimate children and the gospel. The gospel is simple and not algebra....in a simple word to children...the gospel is the good news of Christ Jesus, the only perfect and righteous son of God, died for our sin and rose again, gaining victory over all His enemies, so that there is now no more comdemnation over those who place their trust in Christ...only everlasting eternal life. Anything more of what we must do or have to do is to add to the already good news of Christ Jesus. And if children ask question...thats a good thing. We are obligated to explain further. We never out grow the Gospel of God!
Well I am pretty sure what you are teaching is not the gospel, but then how would anyone know because you can't even explain Jesus' death.
What is it you would like me to explain about the death of the Son of God other than its part of the good news?
I assume this is what you think the explanation is:
But I will use that explanation for the class as it is typical of the majority of Christianity who hide behind theology speak. Even when the question as in this case was to be answered for a child, they can't do it.
You have assumed wrong...Christ imputes nothing in His death....but then again, you reject the bible doctrine of imputation of Christ righteousness.
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