The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies, unintended statements of saving faith

The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies, unintended statements of saving faithDuring his earthly life Jesus had many critics and enemies who sought to discredit him and sometimes trap him in his own words. They said, for example, that he had threatened to destroy the temple, that he was a blasphemer and that he acted in league with the devil. On one occasion some religious leaders grumbled, saying, This man receives sinners (Luke 15: 1). However, what they intended as an attack gives expression to gospel truth Jesus did and

During his earthly life Jesus had many critics and enemies who sought to discredit him and sometimes trap him in his own words. They said, for example, that he had threatened to destroy the temple, that he was a blasphemer and that he acted in league with the devil. On one occasion some religious leaders ‘grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners”’ (Luke 15:1). However, what they intended as an attack gives expression to gospel truth – Jesus did and does welcome sinners; as the apostle Paul wrote, ‘The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ (1 Tim. 1:15). The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies looks at such attacks in Scripture and also considers contemporary attacks on Christianity which express truths that their speakers do not intend. The book leads us to the gospel according to Jesus Christ himself.

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781800402539

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David J. Randall is now retired after more than forty years in full–time pastoral ministry. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Solas (Centre for Public Christianity) based in Dundee, Scotland.

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