Sorry, PM, but this IS NOT the gospel! This is an admonition to THE CHURCH. You have taken this verse out of context to make it say what you want it to say.
If I accept this as the gospel, then I must accept that Jesus stands at the door of a perverse heart and knocks, expect that out of the abundance of a perverse heart that the man will bring forth righteousness.
You prove the words of Dr. E. Stanley Jones (Methodist-Episcopalian) when he says that the gospel is lost. Preaching this is not preaching the gospel.
Sorry, PM, but this IS NOT the gospel! This is an admonition to THE CHURCH. You have taken this verse out of context to make it say what you want it to say.
You are correct Woody it is not the gospel..it is written to the church..not to the Lost...Context Context Context