[P-Marlowe]

What is it to believe in Jesus?

It is, first, to give your firm and cordial assent to the truth, that God did send his Son, born of a woman, to stand in the room and stead of guilty men, and that God did cause to meet on him the iniquities of us all, so that he bore the punishment due to our transgressions, being made a curse for us.

The second thing is that you do accept this for yourself. Jesus has offered an atonement, and that atonement becomes yours when you accept it by putting your trust in him. Surely this is no very difficult matter.

To say that Christ who hung upon the cross shall be my Christ, my surety, needs neither stretch of intellect, nor splendor of character; and yet it is the act which brings salvation to the soul.

Any problem with that "method"?

[drstevej]

***Any problem with that "method"?***

I disagreee with the logical precedence of faith to regeneration. Faith flows from a renewed heart, not a desperately wicked and deceitful one.


CART-HORSE.... FAITH->NEW HEART.... [Your statement]
HORSE-CART.... NEW HEART->FAITH.... [My view]

[CCWoody]

It is, first, to give your firm and cordial assent to the truth, that God did send his Son, born of a woman, to stand in the room and stead of guilty men, and that God did cause to meet on him the iniquities of us all, so that he bore the punishment due to our transgressions, being made a curse for us. ~ P-Marlowe

If the legal penalty has already been paid, then please explain to me where there is condemnation for any man.

Woody.