“The modern-day gospel says, ‘God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved.’ Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, ‘You are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, & in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you need life, much less to cause yourself to come to life. Therefore, you are radically dependent on God to do something in your life that you could never do.”
– David Platt
Radical
Mostly correct. The Gospel of salvation is the accusation of sin (got that part right) AND proclamation of the forgiveness of sin's penalty through Christ the only Savior. Both parts are required. Neither part is to be given without the other.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, this quote was taken out of context. As it appears here, it erects a straw-man, then offers an equally distorted alternative.
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