I find Matt Slick to be as offensive and arrogant as he sounds on that recording. Speaking of recordings...
Timeline... Subject...
0:59 "Anti-Mormons..."
1:16 "ATTACK the faith you have..."
2:02 "We really aren't obligated to answer everyone's questions..."
3:57 "You already know MORE about God and Christ and the plan of salvation than any who would ATTACK you."
Well there we go. Sure. But it seems to me this simplistic notion that all we “need” to “do” is confess belief in Jesus to be “saved” is just that: simplistic. Cuz I’ll bet if you asked the esteemed Professor there he’s say, “Yes I believe Jesus is my savior”.
Virtually everyone who claims to be Christian says that! That obviously can’t be the *only* thing required or else God would’ve just written that phrase, and only that phrase, over and over again in the Bible.
When it is written (John 3:16, 6:28, etc) it is recorded as Jesus speaking to *unbelievers*. Of course faith in God (Jesus) is a requirement for salvation. The question is is it the *only* thing. First of course comes faith, but after that, then what? That’s really the question.
Because I’ve looked at John 6:28 again, and I don’t see the word “only” there. (It does not say “The work of God is *only* to believe in the one he has sent”). Saving faith *starts* with accepting Jesus as one’s savior but it doesn’t *end* there.
Trivia question: where in the Bible *does* the phrase “faith alone” appear?
