Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travel companions. 1 Cor 1:2-3 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us. We have to understand that just because a word is used in scripture, it does not mean we are bound to interpret it the same way in every case, in every age, for every group. We must understand what "soul" constitutes. We must get past the "saved/lost" mentality. Is that what we mean when a "soul" is saved from the penalty of sin either then or now? the artist formerly known as The Southern Baptist Church).īut to our point, in that age, you could "save a soul" through self-judgment and/or correction of behavior. Plymouth Brethren) and some quarterly (e.g. First question, is this true today? If so, why would any gathering take the Lord's Supper much at all? I know some locales take it every week (e.g. We see some here who not only risk sickness, but death, if they fail to take the Lord's Supper in a worthy manner. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. How does one then " save a soul from death?" To answer, we will look at a similar warning to a similar people in the Acts age.įor he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. The context here is " brethren" who are " among you." Are these " souls" that lost the free gift of resurrection life because they sinned? Of course not. We must discard the ruinous saved/lost dichotomy.īrethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. We say we are about the business of "saving" souls. In ecclesiastical language (the language used by visible Christendom), it does not register that the Lord is calling on his disciples to "lose" their souls. But whoever loses his soul for my sake will find it." "Whoever wishes to save his soul will lose it. The word translated "life" there is not the Greek word "zoe," but rather the word "psychḗ." This is what we know as "soul." Remember, you do not "have" a soul, you "are" a soul. They look to be "saved" from gentile oppression, from sickness, from the anti-Christ, from the Tribulation, etc. They look for the Son of David to take the throne in the promised restored Kingdom in the land. God's redeemed people, Israel, have an earthly calling and an earthly hope. We recognize from a previous post the key phrase " since the world began." We juxtapose this against the called-out Body of the current age (the dispensation of the Mystery) who are said to have been hidden from " before the of the world " (Eph 1:4). We see here the backdrop for the earthly ministry of the Lord. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers Now father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:įor He has visited and redeemed His people,Īnd has raised up a horn of salvation for usĪs He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,
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