Soli Deo Gloria

Jerry Bridges has written an excellent article in Modern Reformation concerning the proper view of the Gospel in the life of the believer and definitive vs. progressive sanctification. Bridges correctly proclaims that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not just for unbelievers - believers should preach the Gospel to themselves daily!  Amen!

I highly recommend reading this article as it debunks the myth of the ‘performance based’ Christian in today’s evangelical churches as a result of poor doctrine or bad preaching. (Both of which seem to be ever-increasing in the American Church.)

Here’s an excerpt:

“As I see it, the Christian community is largely a performance-based culture today. And the more deeply committed we are to following Jesus, the more deeply ingrained the performance mindset is. We think we earn God’s blessing or forfeit it by how well we live the Christian life.

Most Christians have a baseline of acceptable performance by which they gauge their acceptance by God. For many, this baseline is no more than regular church attendance and the avoidance of major sins. Such Christians are often characterized by some degree of self-righteousness. After all, they don’t indulge in the major sins we see happening around us. Such Christians would not think they need the gospel anymore. They would say the gospel is only for sinners.”

Head on over to Modern Reformation to read the entire article >>

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