Sacred Roots Workshop

Ses s i on 5: The Great Confes s i on

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F. Dynamics in evangelical witness

1. The role of history, Rom. 1.1-4

2. The role of culture, Matt. 28.18-20

3. The role of spiritual antagonism, 1 John 3.8; 2 Cor. 4.4; John 8.32ff.

4. The role of language, 1 Cor. 2.9-16

5. The final authority of the Apostolic testimony, Gal. 1.8-11; 1 Cor. 15.1-4; Jude 3-4

6. The role of present agency

a. The Holy Spirit of God, John 14-16; Acts 1

b. The role of the preacher (the sent one), Rom. 10

c. The receptivity of the hearer (e.g., the parable of the soils), Matt. 13

G. How the ancient Church viewed true response to the Good News: repentance and faith, Acts 17.22-31

1. Repentance: metanoia (the movement of the convicted heart)

Redirection of the life under God’s reign