Bro.Aaron thanks so much for this study...it is so much enlightening, edifying and helping us to grow from strength to strength as a Christian. God Bless.
@@TheHeavenTestdotnet-gr2ou Well the basic fundamentals of the gospel is summed up in this. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. As to how I was saved? This way. First I had to hear God's word Romans 10:14-15. Then believe. Hebrews 11:6. Then repent. Acts 17:30. Then confess. Matthew 10:32-33. Then baptism. Acts 22:16. Now I'm running my race walking in the light ( 1 John 1:7 ) having to be faithful until death Revelation 2:10.
John Cartwright, I attended a CoC congregation for most of my life. I never heard a sermon preached on I Corinthians 15:1-4. Even though I never heard a sermon about the gospel, I finally found it. When I found the gospel, I asked the preacher and elders at my former congregation to preach only the gospel of the grace of God and not combine it with the gospel of the kingdom. I even wrote a 35+ page paper that contained 20 differences between the two gospels along with the "mysteries" that Paul taught and gave a copy of that paper to the preacher and elders. They turned down my request to preach only the gospel of the grace of God. I asked the preacher to at least tell my mother that water baptism has nothing to do with her salvation. He said that he would not do so. The preacher also told me that he didn't think that he would go to heaven. I had a conversation with another CoC preacher and I asked him "why don't you just preach the gospel of the grace of God only and not combine it with the gospel of the kingdom." That preacher said that "his congregation could not handle the truth." He also said that his congregation used the church building as their Sunday Morning Social Club. Do you really think that God is amused?
Brother, I appreciate your teaching in several programs on GBN. Consider the fact that there are much more prevalent sins in the church, such as adultery. Homosexuality and abortion are far too often preached about with regard to the frequency they occur. However, adultery is rampant. Men sleeping with men and women with women is an abomination, but don’t forget adultery.
Your teaching is very effective brother. I particularly like the enlightenment on that perverted version called the queen james. It seems though that many of our popular teachers do not point out the fatal errors in seemingly now “acceptable” versions of the scriptures. I would like to see these taught on cause it seems in vogue now to not even quote scripture in sermons. This seems true in part cause of using so many different versions in the church now. I’m aware of one of our preachers who uses the NIV which is a pretty awful one. Now it seems many of “our preachers” from “our schools” are in love with the ESV. Another terrible version with fatal error. Phil Sanders uses the NASB95, also with fatal error, and points to non fatal KJV errors for a reason to use it. I’m sure you know more about it than I and know what is happening. It actually even makes me wonder if some of our people are taking kickbacks from book publishers, and I do not want to think that. When I bring it up in public class they act like they have never heard any version weaknesses.
