SMALL PROBLEM. Sharing the gospel, is not circles, and bridges. It's repeating what Jesus called the gospel, for any other gospel, no matter how true, is a curse. Mk. 1:14-15, gospel. Mt. 24:14, gospel. Paul too. Acts 28:31. LOOK. 1Cor. 15: 23-24, simple gospel fulfilled, kingdom delivered up, the end. Thy kingdom come, gospel. Drop the circles and bridges, go simple gospel, or he won't return.
Sharing the gospel, is not Circles, bridges, or a need for a savior. It's simply a matter of repeating what Jesus called the gospel. Simple. Nothing more. Mk. 1:14-15 Until the gospel of Christianity is the gospel according to Christ, Christ will not return.
Jesus is *Lord God Almighty* clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of *eternal life* to all who realize that they are sinners deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever they trusted in before, if indeed they trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ *alone* for salvation. Sin is transgression of the law, therefore, repentance "of sins" is law keeping and is certainly a lifetime of works and has never saved anyone or contributed in any way to salvation. That's for service, not salvation! Salvation is absolutely free and not conditional upon service to God. *You've got another gospel of faith plus works equals salvation nonsense here.*
I like that version, however, I'll still present the other one, as long as the heart of the gospel is preached the message had been delivered, amen🙏🏾💜😄👍🏾
Hey Brother In Christ awesome vid ! Also, God Spoke to me in my Dreams and He Revealed to me something Called The 3 Circle Theory! Which is why I found this video called The 3 Circle! So in The Bible numbers have meanings they are not random! Also The 4th book of The Holy Bible is Numbers and every verse in the Bible has a Number . But in particular The Number 12 represents Gods Government! 7 perfection and 3 trinity! So in Nature we have 3 Circles man has discovered and did not invent or create! 12 Gods Government In The Beginng A Clock ⏰ (John 11:9 ) has 12 hrs dividing both day and night , we also have 12 months in a year! Next In Music 🎶 we Have The Circle of 5ths and 4ths composed of all 12 distinct musical pitches! And Finally God said , “ let there be Light !” The Circle of Colors discovered by Isaac Newton composed of 3 primary 3 secondary and 6 tertiary! So There 12 Numbers/ Time, 12 musical pitches, 12 Colors/ light Now 7 represents perfection! Referring to time we have 7 days in a week, God created the world in 7 days ! Next in The story of the walls of Jericho and the 7 trumpets in the book of Revelation. That’s a scale Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti! And Finally where do we find 7 occur in colors where man has discovered and did not invent or create?? A rainbow 🌈 Now 3 represents trinity! What 3 things make Time ? Past Present and Future What are the 3 fundamental elements that make music 🎶? Rhythm 🥁 ( numbers / Time) melody 🎶 ( adds color/ light) and Harmony ( chords/ unity ) And Finally what 3 colors make all the colors? The 3 primary colors Red Blue and Yellow!!
Now let’s zoom out! God is The Alpha and Omega beginning and end . God is Time ! ⏰ Jesus Christ said , “ I’m The light of The World! Now, what is light 💡? Colors ! And God made a rainbow 🌈 after “ The Great Flood of Noah “ As a promise to “ Never again Punish mankind “ using a flood that could wipe out the earth! Now “ Never again Punish “ is a synonym of Eternal Forgiveness!! Ezekiel 1:28 Revelation 4:3
Wow this is amazing i use it constantly but instead of God's perfect design i use the term God's lottery winners and do you know what. It works just the same except they understand it better. Try it. It does not change the concept at all. Thank you Jesus
Need to emphasise God's wrath. Not just 'death' everyone know they will experience it. Some people is looking forward to it. We need to start including(again) hell, torment, God's wrath in our gospel presentation.
How do you share the Gospel? This question is for every believer. Let's encourage one another and share the Gospel how the Holy Spirit has led you. Thank you for sharing the Gospel of peace. And yes, it is a Gospel of peace and it brings conflict and great difficulty.
I also meant to ask How often do you share the Gospel? I am the first to say I have not been faithful to this command. Thank You Lord for Your great love and mercy and also for ALL Your character traits - You are just and You do not tolerate sin. Thank You, Lord.
@@marytaveras1826 I'll be going out today, please pray for me 😊 btw check out ruclips.net/user/thewayofthemaster if you want to learn sharing the gospel biblically.
Thanks, but i need more video like this to understand easy. my whatsApp number+917661887009. would you please send me video or links on this number please.
The Life Enhancement gospel doesn't work. Once the promised trials and tribulation, pain, suffering, such as the Apostle Paul experienced occur, the new professing Christian will backslide to his previous life. He gave everything else a try: drugs, drinking, women, let's give this Jesus thing a go to see if it's as good as these Christians say. Please listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" online. It will change your life!! God bless you.
But where are the scriptures? Isn’t using the Word of God more of a powerful tool in helping one to win others to Christ? What Jesus has commanded us to do had nothing to do with circles, we are to teach them to observe all things He has commanded. That’s to give them the gospel, what’s wrong, doesn’t the blood of Jesus Christ, meaning His death, burial and resurrection not enough? Has the power of God’s simple gospel doesn’t have the punch it had 2,000 years ago?
Jennifer Bynum I agree. I think the the other flaw in this presentation is the over use of the word brokenness. Jesus did not come to die for our our brokenness. He came to be the sin bearing, wrath absorbing substitute for the punishment that our sin deserves. I am with you on this one.
Agree also. The Life Enhancement gospel doesn't work. Once the promised trials and tribulation, pain, suffering, such as the Apostle Paul experienced occur, the new professing Christian will backslide to his previous life. He gave everything else a try: drugs, drinking, women, let's give this Jesus thing a go to see if it's as good as these Christians say. Please listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" online. It will change your life!! God bless you.
I created a New and different kinds of bridge illustration, I called it the ED BRIDGE ILLUSTRATION (Evangelism and Discipleship Bridge Illustration). It's still in a rough draft version and I'm looking for a shorter, clearer and in animated version of this. Please check. I hope it will help. ruclips.net/video/9_aNq5I8ON0/видео.html
Dear maker of this whiteboard animation. Thanks for making this. Can I ask you which whiteboard animation program you used for this? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for this easy presentation! Which software did you use for the animation? I'd like to have it animated with Hungarian words. Could you please share the name of the software and also the project file to the public? This is a great tool, I'd like to produce similar simple animations. Thanks so much! God bless you!
Your Faith had best be in The Death, Shedding of Blood, Burial, and Resurrection by Jesus The Christ on The Cross as The Finished Work to pay for your Sins! If you leave out the Shed Blood of Jesus The Christ then GOD will reject you! When you read the whole Bible you will see that GOD always requires a Blood Atonement for sin! 1st Corinthians 15: 1-4 covers your bases on Salvation; however, most people MISS on a keyword and that keyword is "How" that Jesus paid for your sins and that is Through HIS Shed Blood! One only has to tell GOD that your all your Faith is in The Finished Work of Jesus The Christ and GOD will hear and see you are all in with your Faith and seal your soul to heaven with the Shed Blood of Jesus The Christ! Love 4Truth!
I love this illustration! I'm a pastor of a church & would it be fine for me to include this video into our church's website under the heading "How to Know God"? Thanks for sharing this video!
@David Warren At 1: 15 it says turn from your sin(s)! That is not in the Bible AS FAR as getting saved FIRST! You get your soul locked in with GOD first then GOD works on your sins by the Holy Spirit. No man could ever be sinless first then get saved. The whole point of Jesus was to SAVE US and HE DID; yet, so few Receive by Faith what Jesus did in full for them. Next the video says believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus of which is only PART of the Salvation message of today and will not save you! Where is the Shed Blood of Jesus and the Burial in this message? 1st Corinthians IS the The Gospel of Jesus The Christ and verse 3 refers to the shed blood of Jesus. You can't come to GOD without Shed Blood to wash all your sins away and in our case we put ALL our Faith in the death, shed blood, burial and resurrection of Jesus of which give us eternal life through our Faith Alone. Therefore, the video does not teach how to 100% connect to GOD! The Shed Blood of Jesus is very important for it is what washes you clean of your sins! Romans 3: 25. It is really sad to see so many people who THINK they are saved; yet, will stand before GOD and be rejected. Then you have all those that reject the Free Gift of Salvation of whom will face the wrath of GOD as well. Did this answer your question David? Love 4Truth!
@David Warren GOD gave you free will to disagree with me or anyone. I just follow what the Bible says and I for sure Rightly Divide the word of GOD so I can see and understand the different ways to get saved for different times and don't mix them up or mingle them together; therefore, I don't get rejected by GOD. 2 Timothy 2: 15 shows us to Rightly Divide the word of GOD so we could fully understand how many things of the past, present, and future and for sure how to get saved correctly for the right time. You only get one chance at getting right! Love 4Truth!
@David Warren Now the questions arises to what you should Believe IN about Jesus to be saved! Do you know what Jesus did to pay for your sins and how to apply that payment to your sins? Love 4Truth!
@@abomination2theLord Jesus said its "REPENTANCE" in Luke 24: 47 And that REPENTANCE and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Is Jesus wrong? NOT!! Are you calling Jesus a liar? I hope not. Need more proof? Lets look at Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. What did Peter say? He said "REPENT" One more. Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. See that? God COMMANDS ALL MEN to REPENT. So we see Jesus, Peter and Paul ALL said to REPENT. What you dont realize it is GOD who gives us the power to REPENT and BELIEVE 1. Repent - Acts 11:18 Then hath God also to the Gentiles GRANTED REPENTANCE unto life. 2. BELIEVE - Eph 2:8 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. "FAITH" is a gift of God. God provides ALL THINGS necessary for salvation. It is ALL Grace, Thats why He gets 100% of the Glory. Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His MERCY he saved us.
The dotted line is so crucial. Otherwise the non-believer/new believer might think the whole thing is a "cycle" where you can keep losing your salvation and go back into brokenness.
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 I was simply saying that the broken line is crucial to that illustration of the gospel. From your other remarks, I think you have a problem with this particular illustration of the gospel. I agree that brokenness does not equal sin. I would say, however, that sin results in brokenness, and most people can identify with brokenness in one form or another. In some cases, it is a good entry point for the gospel. Paul said, "I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. (1 Cor. 9:22b-23) Paul modeled this in how He presented Christ differently to the Jews (Acts 13:13-43) and to Gentiles (Acts 17:22-33). Ultimately, any illustration-whether 3 Circles, the Bridge, or whatever falls short. That is why it is ALWAYS CRUCIAL to use appropriate scripture with the illustration to explain biblically. (Brokenness comes out of sin...in Genesis 3:16b--brokenness of husband/wife relationship because of sin, for example)
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 Again, brother, as I said before, I agree that brokenness does not equal sin. I agree completely that the wages of sin is death. I would ask you this question. When you present the gospel to people do you present it the same way every single time? Of course, the gospel message is always the same. We stand condemned before the Holy God we have offended. (Romans 3:23; 6:23a; John 3:17-18) We deserve death--eternity in hell. Jesus Christ died in our place as our Substitute. (Isaiah 53:4-6; Romans 5:8-9) We can be released from our punishment by trusting Jesus alone and His substitutionary work on the cross, thereby having our sin imputed to Him and His righteousness imputed to us. (John 5:24; 2 Cor. 5:21; Romans 10:9-10) We thus are restored to the relationship with God that Adam and Eve had before the Fall. (Romans 5:15-19) We have eternal life. (John 3:16). But do you simply give these verses (or others like them) no matter what the person's life situation? Do you address the suicidal 32-year-old woman that same way you address the self-assured millennial young man? Or the person who has just been told he has terminal cancer? I suggest that the message is always the same, but that the approach can and should be different in each case. (Colossians 4:5-6)
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 well, this has been a profitable conversation, brother. I will still use "3 Circles" as a gateway to the gospel with certain people. (Unbelievers going through crises, for example.) But you make great points. Brokenness is a result of sin. We are all sinners and that is what separates us from God. Very important to emphasize that. Also, Christ died for us so we could get back to being rightly related to God...not to His design. (Though I think the model still works if we say that getting back to the Designer gets us on the way to the design. 2 Cor. 3:18). Thanks for the discussion!
SMALL PROBLEM. Sharing the gospel, is not circles, and bridges. It's repeating what Jesus called the gospel, for any other gospel, no matter how true, is a curse. Mk. 1:14-15, gospel. Mt. 24:14, gospel. Paul too. Acts 28:31. LOOK. 1Cor. 15: 23-24, simple gospel fulfilled, kingdom delivered up, the end. Thy kingdom come, gospel. Drop the circles and bridges, go simple gospel, or he won't return.
Sharing the gospel, is not Circles, bridges, or a need for a savior. It's simply a matter of repeating what Jesus called the gospel. Simple. Nothing more. Mk. 1:14-15 Until the gospel of Christianity is the gospel according to Christ, Christ will not return.
Thanks this is great
❤ Great video, short and simple!
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Thank you for your very effective gospel presentation, I am using this in our training program. it's great.
Praise God for that training. Keep on going. God is happy when we abide, even if people are not on board with His Great Commission.
Jesus is *Lord God Almighty* clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of *eternal life* to all who realize that they are sinners deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever they trusted in before, if indeed they trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ *alone* for salvation. Sin is transgression of the law, therefore, repentance "of sins" is law keeping and is certainly a lifetime of works and has never saved anyone or contributed in any way to salvation. That's for service, not salvation! Salvation is absolutely free and not conditional upon service to God. *You've got another gospel of faith plus works equals salvation nonsense here.*
Jake Jestings’s brought me here
Well said!
Jesus is (just) another center of attention, which is good for the spirit.
some people hate religious talk and when u say bible they kind of start walking away. i think this is a good way to start a convo at least.
I like that version, however, I'll still present the other one, as long as the heart of the gospel is preached the message had been delivered, amen🙏🏾💜😄👍🏾
The other version is a minute longer but all good as previously mentioned 🙏🏾💜🙏🏽😄❤️
Hey Brother In Christ awesome vid ! Also, God Spoke to me in my Dreams and He Revealed to me something Called The 3 Circle Theory! Which is why I found this video called The 3 Circle! So in The Bible numbers have meanings they are not random! Also The 4th book of The Holy Bible is Numbers and every verse in the Bible has a Number . But in particular The Number 12 represents Gods Government! 7 perfection and 3 trinity! So in Nature we have 3 Circles man has discovered and did not invent or create! 12 Gods Government In The Beginng A Clock ⏰ (John 11:9 ) has 12 hrs dividing both day and night , we also have 12 months in a year! Next In Music 🎶 we Have The Circle of 5ths and 4ths composed of all 12 distinct musical pitches! And Finally God said , “ let there be Light !” The Circle of Colors discovered by Isaac Newton composed of 3 primary 3 secondary and 6 tertiary! So There 12 Numbers/ Time, 12 musical pitches, 12 Colors/ light Now 7 represents perfection! Referring to time we have 7 days in a week, God created the world in 7 days ! Next in The story of the walls of Jericho and the 7 trumpets in the book of Revelation. That’s a scale Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti! And Finally where do we find 7 occur in colors where man has discovered and did not invent or create?? A rainbow 🌈 Now 3 represents trinity! What 3 things make Time ? Past Present and Future What are the 3 fundamental elements that make music 🎶? Rhythm 🥁 ( numbers / Time) melody 🎶 ( adds color/ light) and Harmony ( chords/ unity ) And Finally what 3 colors make all the colors? The 3 primary colors Red Blue and Yellow!!
Now let’s zoom out! God is The Alpha and Omega beginning and end . God is Time ! ⏰ Jesus Christ said , “ I’m The light of The World! Now, what is light 💡? Colors ! And God made a rainbow 🌈 after “ The Great Flood of Noah “ As a promise to “ Never again Punish mankind “ using a flood that could wipe out the earth! Now “ Never again Punish “ is a synonym of Eternal Forgiveness!! Ezekiel 1:28 Revelation 4:3
An excellent video. May i use this for outreach for our church?
His✝️ory ruclips.net/video/70Yz05Lzmrg/видео.html
I believe in Jesus and His love for us
Amen
Wow this is amazing i use it constantly but instead of God's perfect design i use the term God's lottery winners and do you know what. It works just the same except they understand it better. Try it. It does not change the concept at all. Thank you Jesus
Jesus told us " The time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand; Repent and believe Gospel " Mark 1:15
Jesus told us " The time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God; Repent and believe Gospel " Mark 1:15
The gospel must be preached to all nations to be fulfilled. Mt. 24:14.
Need to emphasise God's wrath. Not just 'death' everyone know they will experience it. Some people is looking forward to it. We need to start including(again) hell, torment, God's wrath in our gospel presentation.
How do you share the Gospel? This question is for every believer. Let's encourage one another and share the Gospel how the Holy Spirit has led you. Thank you for sharing the Gospel of peace. And yes, it is a Gospel of peace and it brings conflict and great difficulty.
I also meant to ask How often do you share the Gospel? I am the first to say I have not been faithful to this command. Thank You Lord for Your great love and mercy and also for ALL Your character traits - You are just and You do not tolerate sin. Thank You, Lord.
@@marytaveras1826 I'll be going out today, please pray for me 😊 btw check out ruclips.net/user/thewayofthemaster if you want to learn sharing the gospel biblically.
It’s through his kindness we are brought to repentance. Not his wrath. Roman’s 2:4
@@anthonyberdan2733 But people still need to know the consequence for not receiving the Christ as their Lord and Savior.
PRAISE GOD AMEN HALL-LU-JAH THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS FAITHFULL GOD AMEN HALL-LU-JAH BLESSING
Thanks, but i need more video like this to understand easy. my whatsApp number+917661887009. would you please send me video or links on this number please.
Hi there. Wondering if we can share this video on a non profit organisation website and gives credit to you guy?
The Life Enhancement gospel doesn't work. Once the promised trials and tribulation, pain, suffering, such as the Apostle Paul experienced occur, the new professing Christian will backslide to his previous life. He gave everything else a try: drugs, drinking, women, let's give this Jesus thing a go to see if it's as good as these Christians say. Please listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" online. It will change your life!! God bless you.
But where are the scriptures? Isn’t using the Word of God more of a powerful tool in helping one to win others to Christ? What Jesus has commanded us to do had nothing to do with circles, we are to teach them to observe all things He has commanded. That’s to give them the gospel, what’s wrong, doesn’t the blood of Jesus Christ, meaning His death, burial and resurrection not enough? Has the power of God’s simple gospel doesn’t have the punch it had 2,000 years ago?
Jennifer Bynum I agree. I think the the other flaw in this presentation is the over use of the word brokenness. Jesus did not come to die for our our brokenness. He came to be the sin bearing, wrath absorbing substitute for the punishment that our sin deserves. I am with you on this one.
Agree also. The Life Enhancement gospel doesn't work. Once the promised trials and tribulation, pain, suffering, such as the Apostle Paul experienced occur, the new professing Christian will backslide to his previous life. He gave everything else a try: drugs, drinking, women, let's give this Jesus thing a go to see if it's as good as these Christians say. Please listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" online. It will change your life!! God bless you.
Death, not brokenness, entered the world through sin. You need to be reborn, not repaired. mikemcguireministries.com/2019/03/15/broken-or-dead/
I created a New and different kinds of bridge illustration, I called it the ED BRIDGE ILLUSTRATION (Evangelism and Discipleship Bridge Illustration). It's still in a rough draft version and I'm looking for a shorter, clearer and in animated version of this. Please check. I hope it will help. ruclips.net/video/9_aNq5I8ON0/видео.html
Dear maker of this whiteboard animation. Thanks for making this. Can I ask you which whiteboard animation program you used for this? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for this easy presentation! Which software did you use for the animation? I'd like to have it animated with Hungarian words. Could you please share the name of the software and also the project file to the public? This is a great tool, I'd like to produce similar simple animations. Thanks so much! God bless you!
Your Faith had best be in The Death, Shedding of Blood, Burial, and Resurrection by Jesus The Christ on The Cross as The Finished Work to pay for your Sins! If you leave out the Shed Blood of Jesus The Christ then GOD will reject you! When you read the whole Bible you will see that GOD always requires a Blood Atonement for sin! 1st Corinthians 15: 1-4 covers your bases on Salvation; however, most people MISS on a keyword and that keyword is "How" that Jesus paid for your sins and that is Through HIS Shed Blood! One only has to tell GOD that your all your Faith is in The Finished Work of Jesus The Christ and GOD will hear and see you are all in with your Faith and seal your soul to heaven with the Shed Blood of Jesus The Christ! Love 4Truth!
I love this illustration! I'm a pastor of a church & would it be fine for me to include this video into our church's website under the heading "How to Know God"? Thanks for sharing this video!
J Rayder, your a pastor at a church and you agree with this message! Thank GOD I am not at your church! Love 4Truth!
@David Warren At 1: 15 it says turn from your sin(s)! That is not in the Bible AS FAR as getting saved FIRST! You get your soul locked in with GOD first then GOD works on your sins by the Holy Spirit. No man could ever be sinless first then get saved. The whole point of Jesus was to SAVE US and HE DID; yet, so few Receive by Faith what Jesus did in full for them. Next the video says believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus of which is only PART of the Salvation message of today and will not save you! Where is the Shed Blood of Jesus and the Burial in this message? 1st Corinthians IS the The Gospel of Jesus The Christ and verse 3 refers to the shed blood of Jesus. You can't come to GOD without Shed Blood to wash all your sins away and in our case we put ALL our Faith in the death, shed blood, burial and resurrection of Jesus of which give us eternal life through our Faith Alone. Therefore, the video does not teach how to 100% connect to GOD! The Shed Blood of Jesus is very important for it is what washes you clean of your sins! Romans 3: 25. It is really sad to see so many people who THINK they are saved; yet, will stand before GOD and be rejected. Then you have all those that reject the Free Gift of Salvation of whom will face the wrath of GOD as well. Did this answer your question David? Love 4Truth!
@David Warren GOD gave you free will to disagree with me or anyone. I just follow what the Bible says and I for sure Rightly Divide the word of GOD so I can see and understand the different ways to get saved for different times and don't mix them up or mingle them together; therefore, I don't get rejected by GOD. 2 Timothy 2: 15 shows us to Rightly Divide the word of GOD so we could fully understand how many things of the past, present, and future and for sure how to get saved correctly for the right time. You only get one chance at getting right! Love 4Truth!
@David Warren Now the questions arises to what you should Believe IN about Jesus to be saved! Do you know what Jesus did to pay for your sins and how to apply that payment to your sins? Love 4Truth!
@@abomination2theLord Jesus said its "REPENTANCE" in Luke 24: 47 And that REPENTANCE and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Is Jesus wrong? NOT!! Are you calling Jesus a liar? I hope not. Need more proof? Lets look at Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. What did Peter say? He said "REPENT" One more. Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. See that? God COMMANDS ALL MEN to REPENT. So we see Jesus, Peter and Paul ALL said to REPENT. What you dont realize it is GOD who gives us the power to REPENT and BELIEVE 1. Repent - Acts 11:18 Then hath God also to the Gentiles GRANTED REPENTANCE unto life. 2. BELIEVE - Eph 2:8 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. "FAITH" is a gift of God. God provides ALL THINGS necessary for salvation. It is ALL Grace, Thats why He gets 100% of the Glory. Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His MERCY he saved us.
The dotted line is so crucial. Otherwise the non-believer/new believer might think the whole thing is a "cycle" where you can keep losing your salvation and go back into brokenness.
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 I was simply saying that the broken line is crucial to that illustration of the gospel. From your other remarks, I think you have a problem with this particular illustration of the gospel. I agree that brokenness does not equal sin. I would say, however, that sin results in brokenness, and most people can identify with brokenness in one form or another. In some cases, it is a good entry point for the gospel. Paul said, "I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. (1 Cor. 9:22b-23) Paul modeled this in how He presented Christ differently to the Jews (Acts 13:13-43) and to Gentiles (Acts 17:22-33). Ultimately, any illustration-whether 3 Circles, the Bridge, or whatever falls short. That is why it is ALWAYS CRUCIAL to use appropriate scripture with the illustration to explain biblically. (Brokenness comes out of sin...in Genesis 3:16b--brokenness of husband/wife relationship because of sin, for example)
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 Again, brother, as I said before, I agree that brokenness does not equal sin. I agree completely that the wages of sin is death. I would ask you this question. When you present the gospel to people do you present it the same way every single time? Of course, the gospel message is always the same. We stand condemned before the Holy God we have offended. (Romans 3:23; 6:23a; John 3:17-18) We deserve death--eternity in hell. Jesus Christ died in our place as our Substitute. (Isaiah 53:4-6; Romans 5:8-9) We can be released from our punishment by trusting Jesus alone and His substitutionary work on the cross, thereby having our sin imputed to Him and His righteousness imputed to us. (John 5:24; 2 Cor. 5:21; Romans 10:9-10) We thus are restored to the relationship with God that Adam and Eve had before the Fall. (Romans 5:15-19) We have eternal life. (John 3:16). But do you simply give these verses (or others like them) no matter what the person's life situation? Do you address the suicidal 32-year-old woman that same way you address the self-assured millennial young man? Or the person who has just been told he has terminal cancer? I suggest that the message is always the same, but that the approach can and should be different in each case. (Colossians 4:5-6)
@@daveearltherockinrev4319 well, this has been a profitable conversation, brother. I will still use "3 Circles" as a gateway to the gospel with certain people. (Unbelievers going through crises, for example.) But you make great points. Brokenness is a result of sin. We are all sinners and that is what separates us from God. Very important to emphasize that. Also, Christ died for us so we could get back to being rightly related to God...not to His design. (Though I think the model still works if we say that getting back to the Designer gets us on the way to the design. 2 Cor. 3:18). Thanks for the discussion!