Pastor, I am receiving much grace from that gospel message.
At present, our church believes in the Trinitarian doctrine, including God the Son.
Of course, we believe in the resurrection as well,
and the saints are faithful; through living experiences of the living God,
they share His love and the gospel.
There are also faithful members who go out as missionaries to preach the gospel.
How, then, should we understand the salvation of those who live their faith believing in the Trinity in this way?
They are living faithfully with assurance of salvation.
The above writing is a question someone asked after hearing the gospel sermon titled
“The One and Only True God Who Became Flesh.”
I shared this Scripture in response to that person’s question.
Jesus said to them, “You are from below; I am from above.
You are of this world; I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;
for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” So they said to Him, “Who are You?”
Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.” (John 8:23–25)
Paul confessed in this way:
“I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted to the righteousness of God.” (Romans 10:2–3)
One person merely voiced a question that many people ask; in reality,
the thoughts of nearly everyone fall within this category.
In Paul’s day, someone might have advised him like this:
“How can you say now that you opposed God by your own righteousness,
when you were once so zealous for God?
You were someone who believed in God well; now you simply believe even better
because you have gained more knowledge about God…”
What meaning is there in even burning up one’s own body in devotion,
if one does not believe Jesus Christ as Jehovah who became flesh?
Is it being a witness of the resurrection to fail to live as the apostles did as witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection
while merely crying out that we must come before the cross where Jesus died for me?
Even so, because one is zealous, will the Lord say on that day, “I know you”?
What matters is not my zeal, but who the object of my faith truly is.
Many people have their focus misplaced.
It is not about what I have done or how I have lived, but about knowing who Yehowah God is—that is eternal life.
Because people cannot let go of “me, myself,” the gospel that God accomplished alone becomes trivial and invisible.
Instead, what I have done is brought to the forefront, and that ends up obscuring the gospel.
Eternal life is knowing that Yehowah God became man, and that He is Jesus.
Halleluyah!!