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Skrevet af Jørn Nielsen   
Mandag, 12. oktober 2009 02:13


I´ve been strongly criticized for exposing the moral, ideological and political decline and comedown in the U.S.,   which, however, is  happening in Europe too.    There are cultural differences all right, but they are trivial when it comes to the core of the problem.  On both sides of the Atlantic our spiritual backbone is becoming weak, and the rapidly growing Islamic religion will one day have the whole game to themselves, while the churches by and large keep on playing their game .  In other words, “the show must go on”.


But I shouldn´t worry but rather preach the gospel, as nobody is saved by being warned against the moral and spiritual decline in the western hemisphere, some would argue.   It behooves me to listen to my critics, for we are all in danger of getting sidetracked to the detriment of the gospel.


However,  it´s not biblical to “preach the gospel only” in its modern, watered-down version.  The greatest ambassador of the gospel, the apostle Paul, didn´t just present a “four steps way of salvation” but also “reasoned about righteousness,  self-control and the judgment to come” (Acts 24:25), and in Athens he exposed the idolatry pointing to the true God and His command to repent as a prerequisite for embracing the gospel of Christ (Acts 17:30).  Billy Graham did exactly the same thing in his younger days when he powerfully spoke like a prophet to an apostate nation, at the same time preaching the gospel in very plain terms – so plain, indeed, that a child could understand it.


So let´s keep a proper, biblical balance.  That will save us from going to either extreme.  Yes, we are living “in the last days”, but we are living in gospel days too.  Its urgency is at stake and the Lord´s shortest gospel sermon ever preached is still relevant:  “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.  Repent and believe the gospel.”  (Mk. 1:15)


-jn-

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