Ziruel, I have posted ore than 400 times here, giving as much of the full gospel details as I can. You can’t call me Ahaizaaz, on the basis of one post, which by the way is an exposition of a specific passage.I don’t and haven backed away from repentance, the New Birth, and the reality heaven and Hell. I think it is a cheap shot to infer otherwise.
I’m sure you realize that some replies are to post ‘one’, only because it is post ‘one’. I don’t think I specifically addressed you personally. So please don’t take it as such. It was more of a general reply to many that tend to overlook the points that I tried to cover.
I was addressing the issue of main-stream Christianity’s routine of preaching salvation to the lost, by way of Romans. Which is a letter written to souls that are already born again, or at least know how to be. That’s the context, that more often than not, is usually not pointed out to the lost.
There are generalities about salvation in Romans (”call on the name of the Lord”), that don’t go into the details that the Lord himself set forth for rebirth. Romans doesn’t need to, since it was written to those that already knew. Although, there are reminders, such as those in chapter 6.
And, as you know, this means of communication is somewhat lacking in it’s ability to display the level of emotion by those posting. Keep in mind that much of the Lord’s teaching in the gospels seems blunt and to the point much of the time (even using tough love). He didn’t waste words.
Hopefully, with God’s help, I will become more like the Lord at discussing points of scriptural importance.
God bless