On what does Christianity stand?

[JesusFan]

You are all mixed up.

Heis what you have said:

1. The gospel is all 66 books of the Bible.
2. The Spirit works thru [sic] the Bible to enable the lost to get saved
3. These enabled sinners then are saved by the preaching of the message.


The gospel is the power of God unto salvation. The gospel preached must be consistent with the gospel written in Scripture. But the gospel is the message.

The lost DO NOT have to read the Bible in order to be enabled to be saved by the preaching of the gospel.

I doubt most lost people seriously read the Bible.

People are saved BY Christ through the preaching of the gospel.

The Bible contains the gospel message, but the gospel is not all 66 books of the Bible.

Jesus as Promised Messiah is found pretty much in all of the canonized books, and the scriptures contain the gospel message, and they alone are the very words of God that can save lost sinners

 

[JonC]

Jesus as Promised Messiah is found pretty much in all of the canonized books, and the scriptures contain the gospel message, and they alone are the very words of God that can save lost sinners

The words do not save (the gospel message is not an incantation).

But yes, the Bibke does contain the gospel, history about Israel as a nation, information about Jesus, and doctrines about the Christian life, and information about Jesus.

My point is that you were wrong. The list does not have to read the Bible in order to be enabled to be saved and then hear the gospel message to be saved.

I asked you where you got that idea, but you have not answered.

Before the New Testament was compiled Gentiles were saved by others telling them the gospel message. Paul met these people.

Likewise, God saves men today through the gospel message - whether explained to them by another person or read in the Bible.