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<blockquote data-quote="aiki" data-source="post: 68441823" data-attributes="member: 178791"><p><strong>Matthew 13:20-21 </strong></p><p><strong>20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; </strong></p><p><strong>21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. </strong></p><p></p><p>It seems pretty clear to me that this sort of hearer of the Gospel is one who responds emotionally to it but does allow the truth of the Gospel to penetrate deeply into their mind and heart. The "stony ground" person is joyful at the kindness, grace and love of God revealed to them in the Gospel, but has not been touched by the whole of the Gospel as the woman in <strong>Luke 7:36-48 </strong>was. The Gospel will fill the one who <em>truly</em> hears it and understands it with a variety of emotions that range from humiliation and shame to love and joy. To respond <em>only</em> with joy to the Gospel indicates that the hearer has not really comprehended the full message of the Gospel, which condemns and threatens before it offers salvation. And when this is the case, the shallow hold the Gospel has taken on such a person will not endure testing. </p><p></p><p>This part of Jesus' parable is <em><u>not</u></em> suggesting that your salvation rests upon <em>your</em> capacity to preserve it. Such an idea runs totally contrary to the Bible's teaching on justification, and grace, and identification with Christ, and the many places in Scripture which tell us very explicitly that <u><em>God</em></u> is both the Author and Completer of our faith. </p><p></p><p>What this part of the parable seems to be explaining is just what the rest of Scripture teaches: in and of ourselves we are unable to fully receive the Gospel and believe it unto salvation. Our salvation, you see, is <em>God's</em> work, not ours. He saves us; we cannot save ourselves. It is not the strength of our feeling about the Gospel, or the force of our resolve, or our capacity to endure that saves us. Our salvation is God's doing; it is a monergistic work of our Creator. And what God has worked in us, He takes the responsibility to preserve. </p><p></p><p><strong>Philippians 1:6 </strong></p><p><strong>6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete <em>it</em> until the day of Jesus Christ;</strong> </p><p></p><p>Selah.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aiki, post: 68441823, member: 178791"] [B]Matthew 13:20-21 [/B] [B]20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. [/B] It seems pretty clear to me that this sort of hearer of the Gospel is one who responds emotionally to it but does allow the truth of the Gospel to penetrate deeply into their mind and heart. The "stony ground" person is joyful at the kindness, grace and love of God revealed to them in the Gospel, but has not been touched by the whole of the Gospel as the woman in [B]Luke 7:36-48 [/B]was. The Gospel will fill the one who [I]truly[/I] hears it and understands it with a variety of emotions that range from humiliation and shame to love and joy. To respond [I]only[/I] with joy to the Gospel indicates that the hearer has not really comprehended the full message of the Gospel, which condemns and threatens before it offers salvation. And when this is the case, the shallow hold the Gospel has taken on such a person will not endure testing. This part of Jesus' parable is [I][U]not[/U][/I] suggesting that your salvation rests upon [I]your[/I] capacity to preserve it. Such an idea runs totally contrary to the Bible's teaching on justification, and grace, and identification with Christ, and the many places in Scripture which tell us very explicitly that [U][I]God[/I][/U] is both the Author and Completer of our faith. What this part of the parable seems to be explaining is just what the rest of Scripture teaches: in and of ourselves we are unable to fully receive the Gospel and believe it unto salvation. Our salvation, you see, is [I]God's[/I] work, not ours. He saves us; we cannot save ourselves. It is not the strength of our feeling about the Gospel, or the force of our resolve, or our capacity to endure that saves us. Our salvation is God's doing; it is a monergistic work of our Creator. And what God has worked in us, He takes the responsibility to preserve. [B]Philippians 1:6 [/B] [B]6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete [I]it[/I] until the day of Jesus Christ;[/B] Selah. [/QUOTE]
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