[There's been some confusion about point #7. See Matthew 20:1-16 to understand the sense in which I meant "earn". - Funky]
Adrian Warnock posted his version of the gospel in 10 points. While I understand his desire to boil it down for "on the go" evangelism, I don't entirely agree his formulation. Here's mine, for what it's worth.
- God created man to love Him.
- God knows what is best for us and gives us commandments to follow
- Sin has the eternal consequence of wounding man's relationship with God and separating man from eternity with God.
- Sin has the temporal consequence of wounding man's relationships with his neighbors and in the form of broken and/or disordered relationships
- Sin damages man's capacity to love himself, his neighbors, and God
- Jesus Christ's salvific act healed man's relationship with God and restored man's privilege to enter heaven
- We must be baptized by water and the Spirit and accept Christ to earn that eternal privilege
- We must make amends for our sins to repair temporal damage.
- If we knowingly commit grave sin, we endanger our salvation.
- We must confess our mortal sins to God and make penance
Funky Dung
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Very interesting 10 point summary, always interesting to see other summaries of the Gospel.
I could only manage an 11-point one but somehow not as to the point as yours and Adrian's.
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Posted 09 Feb 2005 at 4:34 am ¶I have blogged on this and I am sorry I disagree with you. It might be nice to interact some more on this.
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Posted 10 Feb 2005 at 6:02 pm ¶I hope it doesn't sound like I think you're way off base. Like Sven, I somehow missed the 4-7 yr-olds bit. I also noticed that you hinted at some flack you'd gotten for your list. Consider this a flack-less response. I just saw things differently than what I thought you saw (because I missed the bit about target audience).
I'd be happy to discuss this and any issue you like.
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