I was being told that I was preaching a half-gospel if I was preaching a gospel of salvation of someone’s soul. That that’s not the whole story. Now I thought at the time, “OK, obviously he’s talking about I’m only giving part of the picture of the gospel. Him saying half-gospel means we need to talk about things like sin, why we need a Savior, what Jesus did, how we come to Him, and we need to talk about future things. We need to talk about, you know, the glorified state of believers, the restoration of all things in the end — the new heaven and the new earth — the full beginning-to-end gospel. Where the story begins, where it ends, and how the gospel makes that transformation. It’s all about Christ restoring mankind.
No! The element of the gospel apparently that’s being missed is the economic, social, the different pillars of society that have been broken and how we need to restore them. We need to engage in holistic restoration. That isn’t a work of those who have been saved by the gospel; that is the gospel.
I tried to give a little bit of pushback. Was he just emphasizing it differently? Was he just being a little bit sloppy with his wording? You know, just talking a little bit too quick and simplifying what he was saying instead of saying, you know, “This is a commandment given by Jesus; this is something that we who have been transformed by the gospel should be doing”?
James talks about the works of the believer. He makes it very clear that “How can we who have been transformed by Christ, how can we who’ve experienced the mercy of Christ not be merciful? How can we who’ve experienced this transformation not reflect it in our lives?” It’s important. It’s vitally important.
But no! It was being attached to the gospel itself; it’s a part of it. [They were saying] it’s necessary for the gospel to be true, for the gospel to be what it is. The gospel isn’t just about the salvation of men’s souls. Eventually, we will see full restoration. We will be raised back to life. These bodies will not just fade away. We will not just be bodiless souls for all of existence. This body’s going to be restored! There will be a resurrection. Christ is the firstfruits of that. He’s the proof that we will be raised from the dead.
But again, what was being taught was that the gospel, this work of restoration is something that we — me and you, all of us — do right here, right now in this earth.
A Warning to Southern Baptists Against Diluting or Adding to the Gospel, Part 1 - Word Foundations
A Warning to Southern Baptists Against Diluting or Adding to the Gospel, Part
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Revmitchell, May 29, 2021.
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Is he referring to this sort of approach to missions?
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Kyle Whitt is having a Q&A Thursday 7 pm on the southern Baptist Facebook page
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Here are brief summaries of the topics before us. As we cover them, I’ll rely on Kyle himself to present much of the content. After all, this series has been written to showcase (and to make even more understandable and accessible) the objections he has raised and the warnings he has presented. I pray Southern Baptists will carefully listen to and heed what this upcoming Christian leader is saying. Again, the topics before us are these:
- NAMB’s claim that the gospel includes “The Great Requirement”
- Need #1: A Sense of Urgency
- Need #2: Discernment
- Need #3: Accountability
In light of numerous statements in the the North American Mission Board’s SEND Values booklet, the charge that NAMB is adding a requirement of works to the gospel is impossible to deny. Here we see a clear departure from the path of authentic biblical teaching, a road Southern Baptists mustavoid taking. Listen to Kyle as he explain
This is from SEND Network’s Values Statement. It’s a booklet. It’s freely available; from Chapter 7, “RESTORATION THROUGH THE GREAT REQUIREMENT.” [A PDF file of the booklet is available from NAMB here. A PDF file of the following graphic is available here.]
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Mankind, he has told each of you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
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By entering into the life of Christ (being born from above), we are to live as disciples, expanding the influence of the Kingdom and reconciling the world to God (2 Corinthians 5:18-21). This aligns completely with Micah 6:8:
Mankind, he has told each of you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
You are obsessed with the word "woke." It is simply a secular way of recognizing that the world is unjust towards some. As Christians, we are called to love our neighbor (which goes a lot farther than "woke"), because we are called to work for justice. NOTE: That doesn't necessarily mean lawsuits, protests, etc., but it can include them. The harder work is building community and making restitution for wrongs committed by previous generations. It involves changing the way our institutions operate and how we advocate for change in public policies. -
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The message of the Cross is that we ALL are equally sinful, and that the Only Critical race theology refers to all of humanity, as all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! -
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I'm not advocating being "woke," I'm advocating being a disciple of Jesus. -
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NOTE: I would be delighted never to use the term "woke" again. It is a foolish distraction and has nothing to do with what I have been saying.
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If you want to read and helpful discussion of systematic racism, then I recommend The Color of Compromise instead of garbage like that. The Color of Compromise comes from a Christian perspective and is well-reasoned and respectful of the reader. -
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