'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.’ Acts 16:31 A typical reaction to the good news of Jesus Christ, is, ‘There must be more to it than that. It can’t be that easy.’ This is one of the appealing things about the cults. People think they can earn, at least in part, this great gift from God we call salvation. Along comes someone with a message that affirms this and they get caught on the treadmill of works-based salvation. If someone thinks the Christian Gospel is easy, they are hearing it wrong, usually because it is being wrongly told. Two serious errors must be avoided when telling and hearing the Gospel. It is possible to so emphasise the free gift of God in texts such as Romans 3:21-26; 6:23; 10:9 that we teach a type of ‘Corinthianism.’ The church in Corinth had adopted a doctrine of licence in practically everything, from the way they conducted their public lives and services to the way they practised their personal relationships (1 Cor.1:10-19; 5:1-6:...
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