Dr. Rosenbladt’s message, “The Gospel For Those Broken by The Church” is flat out good stuff. And I think he’s been reading my mail. This is about the best treatment of the gospel I’ve heard in a long time. Rosenbladt beautifully captures what I feel is the heart of the gospel when he said the following:
Now it seems to me the key question here is a very basic one. Can the cross and the blood of Christ save a Christian failing as he or she is at living the Christian life? Or not? I hope that most of us would say that the shed blood of Jesus is sufficient to save a sinner. All by itself. Just Christ’s blood. Nude faith in it. Sola fide. Faith without works. A righteousness from God apart from law. A cross by which God justifies wicked people.
And I believe that the blood of Christ can save both the sinner and saint. The blood of Christ that unites the trajectory of eternal life with ours is all I’ve got going for me. There’s no way I’d be in him without the finished work of Christ.
Rosenbladt highlights a vital theme in his message: the finished work of Christ saves the sinner, but it also saves the saint. I’ve got nothing better going for me today than I did the moment I expressed saving faith. It’s Christ at the beginning, middle, and end. I believe my challenge is to stay in Him… to stay connected to the life-giving vine. In Christ is life and a true and unhindered connection to the Father.
“the blood of Christ can save both the sinner and saint”
Exactly. But somehow, the message of grace and salvation is often no longer preached to the “body” after conversion. I was under the law and failing miserably, then heard some really good news and came to accept Jesus sacrifice for my sin, then I was put under a new law called discipleship. I felt like I was back at square 1.
Anyways, very cool blog. I hope you find time and motivation to post more often. Thank You.