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The letter 1John opposes ‘salvation by faith alone’
Protestants construe from Paul’s writings a doctrine of ‘salvation by faith alone apart from works’. Through the lens of ‘faith alone’ doctrine,[1] Protestants see the whole of the New Testament as promoting ‘salvation by faith alone apart from works’, including John’s writings. John does seem to be concurring in both his gospel and his letter: John 20:30 Now…
Does God Demand Perfection? Matthew 5:48
Cover Picture credited to Timo Ukko, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Our English Bibles translate τελειος in Mt. 5:48 as ‘perfect’; the ESV, for instance, renders it as ‘You therefore must be τελειος perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect’. By such translation, Jesus’ saying is construed as teaching that God’s standard of his…
My grief about how the church celebrates Good Friday for the removal of guilt and shame
On Good Friday, Christians pray and thank God for sending Jesus who died to remove ALL OUR SINS, GUILT AND SHAME. This thinking is not biblical, but is our Western Platonist way of interpreting the cross. We Western Christians assume Jesus died to remove sins from OUR RECORD OF SIN, so there is no sins…
How can proclaiming Jesus’ name be denounced by Jesus himself?
My teenage children went to a youth leader camp where the main teaching was supposed to be Acts 1-8. Later I found out that the teachers picked Acts 4:12 to deep dive: Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we…
The Christmas Message According to Matthew’s Gospel
There are quite a lot of assumptions about Christmas. Firstly, we assume Christmas is a Western thing, a white people’s celebration; but in the Bible, not only did we not see a single European celebrate Christmas, but in fact, no one in the Bible celebrated Christmas except for the very first one, the actual birth…
Philippians 3, The Righteousness from God and God’s Ethnic Impartiality in the Gospel of Christ, Pt. 3
The second instalment demonstrates that the release from Mosaic Law and—revolves around which—the Jewish supremacy is only the beginning of the gospel’s concern. As consistent to his teaching in other letters, Paul goes on in Phi. 3:15-16 to counsel the Philippians who were concerned differently to Paul, as they seek to be released from their…
Philippians. 3, The Righteousness from God and God’s Ethnic Impartiality in the Gospel of Christ, Pt. 2
In the first instalment of the essay, our exegesis from the original Greek has demonstrated that the mainstream Western Christian interpretation of Philippians 3 as being against ‘external religious works’ and ‘legalistic practices’ is not only out of context and wrong, but also obscures the gospel fundamental message against Jewish ethnic supremacy. Anti-ethnic supremacy Now you,…
Philippians 3, The Righteousness from God and God’s ethnic impartiality in the gospel of Christ, Pt. 1
The rise of ethnic supremacy of our time in the West—White supremacy—is sweeping, as manifested in the re-election for Trump in America and Far-Right rallies in many major cities throughout the Western world. Many White people, especially young men, including those who are Christians, are being persuaded by White supremist influencers on the internet and…
Judging Justly: Restored Conscience and the Gospel of Matthew 7:1–12. Part 2, A Continued Exploration
As a continuation from the last instalment that clarifies the common mis-construal of Jesus’ teaching ‘do not judge’ as him forbidding moral judgment and condemnation, this instalment examines six other common sources of confusion that lead believers to suppress their responsibility to judge rightly and call out evil. The six scriptural passages and theological ideas…
Judging Justly: Restored Conscience and the Gospel of Matthew 7:1–12. Part 1
The article discusses the misconception of Jesus’ “do not judge” teaching among Christians, emphasizing that it does not prohibit moral judgment. It argues for the necessity of discerning justice amidst suffering, advocating that a restored conscience allows one to judge rightly and act with integrity, fulfilling the Golden Rule in all circumstances.
more articles from Dudley:
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2023/01/27/coke-by-coin-alone-2peter-15-11/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2021/08/12/the-origin-of-faith-alone-luthers-misinterpretation-of-romans-714-25-part-1/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2021/10/23/the-origin-of-faith-alone-luthers-misinterpretation-of-romans-714-25-part-2/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2022/10/29/esther-3-4-the-festival-of-purim-and-gods-providence-of-righteousness/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2022/04/26/john-629-is-faith-the-only-work-god-demands-for-salvation/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2022/04/17/the-biblical-significance-of-jesus-resurrection/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2022/04/05/history-of-ukraine-and-russia-that-refutes-putins-claim/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2022/02/13/problematic-translation-1-galatians-312-the-law-is-not-of-faith/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2021/09/09/rom-41-25-justification-apart-from-works/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2021/06/01/the-reformers-prejudice-against-james-224/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2019/10/11/does-the-bible-really-say-do-not-worry-about-anything/
- https://ordinarychristian.home.blog/2019/08/04/how-does-the-term-the-great-commission-come-about/
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