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As soon as a minister assumes he understands the stranger that he is witnessing to, that this stranger basically shares his cultural reality this missionary is in danger not only of becoming ineffective, unfruitful but worse yet guilty of seriously distorting the meaning of the Gospel by tying the Gospel to his own cultural values and customs and morals. There are many areas of Christian belief I espouse. Without the Spirit, God’s word is not heard, and, without the Word, the realm of the Spirit and the spiritual in one’s life, easily morphs into many psychological and cultural voices within and without. The New Testament itself contains instruction that is conditioned by time and culture. We never have to be weak in faith. According to the apostle Paul, “I believe, therefore I speak.” I’m glad someone believed enough to stand up in my grade 11 classroom and state that he was a Christian and a virgin. High Noon and the Showdown at Lafayette Square: Profanity vs Protest, The Spiritual Roots of Fear and Courage:Lessons from Moses Encounter With Pharaoh (Part One), Dr Dan’s Message at MBTS Chapel Preach Penang, Malaysia, Justice: The Biblical Understanding vs Modernity’s Understanding Part One. “Now we know in part then we shall know even as we are known” (Apostle Paul). We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). The church is like John the Baptist who said “I must decrease he must increase’. Protestantism too easily commences with the priority of the individual’s denominational beliefs or the individual Christian’s belief and experience. It is of course not enough to read or hears the good word even at the hands of the best evangelist or apologist. "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak." When God saw darkness, He spoke forth light. It is the necessary presupposition of ministry. The Holy Writings say, “I believed, so I spoke.” We have the same kind of faith as David had. The rail on which the Gospel moves and gains its traction in the world does not derive from a bare moral threat for wrongs done, nor an experiential offer for spiritual renovation or fulfillment, but ultimately the realization that we are caught up in a fleeting movement of time, a peculiar kind of time – a time of grace now present but soon past (“today, if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts”). The second of these indicates that the truth of which the Sacred Tradition sponsors, also speaks to our souls – our existence – our dreads, our fears, our guilt, our sorrows and regrets, our disenchantments, disappointments with life, our greed, lust and anxieties, and chiefly, the transience and brevity that holds our being in its grip. This truth shapes and forms our experience of God and also our experience of ourselves. And precisely because it comes via the Cross, it is not cheap, but costly grace. We too believe, and therefore we speak. But we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” So we also believe, and therefore we also speak, We share the same spirit of faith as the one who wrote. So we speak. ( Log Out /  The separation of study and mission is spacious and leads to distortions. The Spirit protects the freedom of God and creates the freedom of all womankind and mankind open to the Gospel. Readers will find the credibility in the author’s voice refreshing as they follow the informative direction. The phrase originally appeared in French as je pense, donc je suis in his Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. And here I intersect one of the great contributions of Karl Barth when he cancelled his Christian Dogmatics project after writing maybe 700 pages and commenced anew with his life long magnus opus Church Dogmatics. Copyright 2011-2012 Daniel Age. We also believe, and therefore also we speak; I believe the best way to do that is learn about Christ and put your confidence in Him. Love is the fabric of true community and involves one in a commitment to prioritize, protect, and strengthen community. In this community form, believers are joined in expectant hope and voice their doxology to God for His grace that through Christ he has overcome all the ultimate enemies of humanity – evil, sin, and death and freely introduced them into the messianic Kingdom which is and is coming. I could not have spoken thus if it had not been for my faith: I should never have spoken unto God in prayer, nor have been able now to speak to my fellow men in testimony if it had not been that faith kept me alive, and brought me a … 2 Corinthians 4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak (NASB: Lockman). I believe there is real “lost ness” in this world, and in all of us, but through the Gospel of Christ, the lost are found. Greek: echontes de to auto pneuma tes pisteos, kata to gegrammenon, Episteusa, dio elalesa, kai emeis pisteuomen, dio kai laloumen, (). And when we are found, then we understand what it means to be lost. ( Log Out /  Many areas of the common faith of the church I have not commented on but only for economic reasons. Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke”, we also believe, and so we also speak, It is written in the Scriptures, “I believed, so I spoke. 3. What is the benefit of speaking? All true work must be filled, not only with diligence and ability but with something intangible and hidden – passionate waiting on a power and blessing that comes from an unseen gracious hand. 我因信,所以如此说话 (I Believe Therefore I Speak) – International Church of Shanghai Protected: 我因信,所以如此说话 (I Believe Therefore I Speak) Sin’s damning power is exhausted in Christ’s death and eternal life has dawned in his resurrection. Here follows the unabridged edition. The church and the world wait upon leaders who do not, “swing hard with a dull ax”( to quote a Biblical proverb) but put their saltiness into the mix and their light on a stand. Why we speak? In the Gospel, the resurrection of the crucified Jesus and the elemental meaning the Apostles via the Spirit gave to this peculiar history we are in the embrace of faith, hope, and love. In short, we are in constant need of a miracle. No exertion of human will, intellect, or emotion can bring the Word of God to life in the soul, in the church, or in the world. This is the spiritual freedom to downsizes the prerogative to rule from above and bend under others to serve them, carry their burdens, and attend to their needs. It is written, “I believed, and so I have spoken.” (Psalm 116:10) We have that same spirit of faith. In fact, I believe the matter goes deeper than this. Through them, God has spoken and continues to speak. Of themselves, the church does possess the bread of life, it does not reside with them or in them so as to hand it out to the people by virtue of an authority bequeathed to it. The immediate face-to-face encounter ends but a new mediated encounter begins. All of sudden he was relieved because his train commenced moving. In between being lost and found is sandwiched truth – spiritual truth. Baptism is a believer’s faith union to Christ. Others are crushed by sorrow and loneliness. The believer is baptized into his death and his resurrection to life eternal. Many things I have come to understand and believe are not included. Many are driven by anxiety, straining to secure the basic means of life, lost to its real end and purpose. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The essence of sin is not merely ‘missing the mark’ but a spiritual malignancy that has penetrated the souls of all women and men. We also believe and therefore speak." Readers will find the credibility in the author's voice refreshing as they follow the informative direction. All of these social circles we live in (more or less) generate distinct cultures that shape us and become incarnated into ethics. NIRV It is written, “I believed, and so I have spoken.” (Psalm 116:10) We have that same spirit of faith. The challenge is to bring this universal message into a real intersection with the unique particulars of the other’s culture and experience. Church, ‘ecclesia’, is not a nation or kingdom. I Believe, Therefore, I Speak. Looking at our God, and ourselves, in and through the lens of the Gospel of Christ we, the lost, discover that we are found. The repentance that follows in the wake of faith is the heart of the Biblical vision of change and the penultimate transformation of a world caught in the embrace of an impending ultimate transformation that is coming to meet us from the ‘other side’. Here everyone learns to serve the common good and the needs of others. This manuscript reveals God’s glory… I believe in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, which Christians call the Old and New Testaments. We also believe and therefore speak." So he was proud to make the words of the psalmist his own: “‘I believed; therefore I have spoken.’ With the same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak” (4:13). Embedded in this terse affirmation is the 16th Century Protestant revolution of ‘church’ even though in umpteen ways it has and continues to fail this revolution. As it is written, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken.” So we also believe and therefore speak. Paul, himself an Apostle, wrote to the Corinthian believers who were becoming increasingly idiosyncratic in their understanding of the Christian faith “for I delievered to you…what I received (received – literally handed on to me from the other Apostle – disciples). He did not speak what he saw, He spoke what He wanted to see. God has given us, through His Word, the ability, the privilege, the right, and the authority to speak as He speaks, to think His thoughts, and walk in His ways. Updated: Jun 16. As the sweet psalmist wrote “I believed, therefore I spoke.” 2 Corinthians 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. Every day we experience something of the death of the Lord Jesus, so that we may also know the power of the life of Jesus in these bodies of ours. - Weymouth Bible. I believe in Christian ethics. Each of these comes to meet us before we come to them. ‘Gospel’  origin). This way of approaching ethics does not of course discount the diverse passages found in the Bible about right and wrong but it does transform and shine light on these passages. One who trekked around Judea and Galilee telling enigmatic stories with subtle lessons, restoring people’s bodies to wholeness, forgiving their sins, and preaching the arrival of the kingdom promised by the Prophets. Working together they lead us to the Living Word, the risen Christ who speaks grace and life to all. Baptism as sprinkling falls short of the distinctive Christian meaning of Baptism but I strongly believe this practice of sprinkling celebrated by other Christians must be honored. not moral duty or moral imperative) and as gift via the Spirit commence a fledgling new beginning within us and empower a new ethical footprint, in kind. Family, economic and political systems often structure evils of one sort or another and insulate these from critique. “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,” (4:13) 1. Between our labors to build our churches and carry out our mission endeavors we wait on an intangible subtle spiritual power not lodged in us but in God, a power that cannot be brought into play by even the greatest of plans and the most diligent and talented work. 1. 2. The scripture says, “I spoke because I believed.” In the same spirit of faith we also speak because we believe. A lover of words,giving voice to the thoughts in the heart, mind and soul. I believe that God’s reconciling forgiveness and the resurrection of the crucified Jesus are inextricably bound together, not out of necessity, but simply because God, in God’s freedom, purpose, and wisdom, bound them together. Faith lives in the heart, mind and soul trust, and so we also speak because we in. Unique particulars of the `` faith '' movement email addresses but we are not more or less generate. All depend on the donkey ’ endeavor also speak because we know in part then we know. 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