These People Can't Exist
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Straight to the Cross
COLUMN: Final Phase
These People Can't Exist
by J. Randal Matheny
I returned this morning from giving a four-day
seminar on Biblical teachings in the northeastern
Brazilian city of Salvador. There, I found
• churches faithful to the words of Christ.
• the gospel being preached in new areas, and
churches being established.
• people with a vibrant faith, and joy in
salvation.
• dedicated Christian workers who toil under
difficult circumstances.
Though I returned drained from the seminar (and
two night flights), my own faith was encouraged,
my own joy renewed. In a day when we're told that
we're a bunch of legalists who are going to die
out sooner or later, seeing the church in Salvador
tells me different.
According to some bright minds, these people in
Salvador can't exist. They tell us smugly that the
church can't grow when you preach exclusive
salvation in Christ, the necessity of obedience
for eternal life, immersion for the forgiveness of
sins, and worship defined narrowly according to
New Testament patterns.
But then smug faces aren't too bothered by the
facts.
Nor by the sound doctrine of the true faith.
So we'll just keep the secret of the sound and
vibrant life in Christ seen in Salvador between
us. To the glory of God.
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