{"id":4961,"date":"2008-11-27T00:10:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T05:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/27\/gospel-40\/"},"modified":"2008-11-27T00:10:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-27T05:10:18","slug":"gospel-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/27\/gospel-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here we go. Romans 1:16-17:<\/p>\n

16<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>I
\nam not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
\nsalvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the
\nGentile. 17<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,<\/a> just as it is written: \u201cThe righteous will live by faith.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the densest gospel passages.<\/p>\n

What does \u201csalvation\u201d mean?<\/p>\n

1. Common evangelicalism: personal forgiveness of sins through the death of Christ and very similar, then, to justification.
2. Fitzmyer: rescue in a comprehensive sense through the cross and unto the eschatological destiny. Parallel to justification.
3. NT Wright: not the simple notion of heavenly bliss; rescue from death and ultimate destruction and \u201cfrom Rome\u201d in a concrete sense.
4. Jewett: deliverance from the present evil age and restoration unto wholeness and preservation from the wrath to come and not present in Rome\u2019s rule but in the powerless communities who believe in Jesus.<\/p>\n

If there are front edges today in Pauline studies this is one of them: salvation is an assault on empire ideology.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n<\/p>

<\/p>\n


\nFirst, the gospel is (1) God\u2019s (2) power. The gospel is the work of God.
Second, God\u2019s gospel power works toward \u201csalvation.\u201d
Third, God\u2019s gospel power works toward the salvation of all people \u2014 Jew and Gentile.
Fourth, God\u2019s gospel power brings salvation to those who believe.
Fifth, in the gospel God\u2019s \u201crighteousness\u201d is made manifest: that is, God\u2019s right-making work on earth (and in the future new heavens and new earth) becomes manifest.<\/p>\n

So plain and simple.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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