New Testament TheologyThis work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. -- From the Introduction |
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... brings his wrath on the lost?” The apostle does not rebut the objection directly, but asks a question in his turn ... bringing it about.12. THE. LOVE. OF. GOD. From all this it would be easy to deduce that Paul thinks of God as a supremely ...
... bring a charge against God's elect (Rom. 8:33). Paul sees the principle at work in the history of Israel, wherein “God's purpose in election” is clear (Rom. 9:11). It is true that in this passage we are told of Esau's rejection as well ...
... brings its own fearful consequences, he declares instead that “God gave them up” to those consequences (Rom. 1:24, 26, 28). What is this but the wrath of God in action? Indeed, Paul implies as much by including the words in the ...
... brings justification is from Christ (Rom. 5:15ff), and believers are “joint heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17). From another point of view, Christ is ... bring people to Christ. “IN CHRIST” AND “WITH CHRIST” One of Paul's favorite expressions.
... bringing about of the Christian salvation, for if anyone is “in Christ,” there is a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17), and ... bring out the attitudes that should characterize Christians. They are to be “of the same mind in the Lord” (Phil. 4 ...
Contents
the Holy Spirit | |
discipleship | |
Part three The Johannine Writings | |
the doctrine of Christ | |
God the Father | |
God the Holy Spirit | |
the Christian Life | |
The epistles of John | |
Part two The synoptic gospels and Acts | |
The gospel of Mark | |
The gospel of Matthew | |
the doctrine of God 8 The gospel of Luke and Acts the doctrine | |
Christ | |
the salvation of our | |
The revelation of John | |
Part four The general epistles | |
The epistle to the Hebrews | |
The epistle of James | |
The past epistle of Peter | |