Re: The Gospel Is The Power of God Unto Salvation

The gospel is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16). Faith comes 
by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). Pagans are 
justly condemned, because they already rejected the knowledge of God in 
creation, and suppress it with deeds of unrighteousness (Romans 
1:17ff.). This is why God handed them over to their own corrupt way of 
thinking.

No one can be saved by reasoning about Darwin. You have to tell people 
the gospel. The saving gospel is that Christ died for our sins and God 
raised Him from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). This IS the gospel of 
the kingdom (Acts 20:24-25).

Satan's Witnesses ("Jehovah's Witnesses") don't tell people the gospel. 
They try to one-up people with arguments about creation vs evolution and 
such. They promote a FALSE gospel of human merits that rejects the 
necessary faith that Jesus is YHWH God whom they should call upon for 
salvation (Romans 10:13).

The disciples translated the OT name for God (YHWH) as Kyrios
(Lᴏʀᴅ), and attribute the name of YHWH to Jesus:

1. Joel 2:32 → Romans 10:13

      • Joel 2:32 (LXX): “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD
        (Kurios) will be saved.”

      • Romans 10:13: “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD
        (Kurios) will be saved.”

Paul applies this to Jesus in Romans 10:9, identifying Him as the
Kurios on whom we call for salvation.

2. Isaiah 45:23 → Philippians 2:10–11

      • Isaiah 45:23 (LXX): “To Me every knee shall bow, every tongue
        shall confess to God.”

      • Philippians 2:10–11: “At the name of Jesus every knee should
        bow... and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD
        (Kurios).”

Paul applies this passage about YHWH to Jesus, calling Him Kurios.

3. Deuteronomy 6:4 → 1 Corinthians 8:6

      • Deuteronomy 6:4 (LXX): “The LORD (Kurios) our God, the LORD
        (Kurios) is one.”

      • 1 Corinthians 8:6: “Yet for us there is one God, the Father...
        and one LORD (Kurios), Jesus Christ.”

Paul affirms monotheism and includes Jesus as Kurios within the divine
identity.

4. Psalm 34:8 → 1 Peter 2:3

      • Psalm 34:8 (LXX): “Taste and see that the LORD (Kurios) is
        good.”

      • 1 Peter 2:3: “If indeed you have tasted that the LORD
        (Kurios) is good.”


Peter quotes the psalm about YHWH and applies it to Jesus as Kurios.


5. Isaiah 8:13–14 → 1 Peter 3:15; Romans 9:33

      • Isaiah 8:13: “But the LORD (Kurios) of hosts, Him you shall
        honor as holy...”


      • 1 Peter 3:15: “Honor Christ the LORD (Kurios) as holy in your
        hearts.”

      • Isaiah 8:14: “And He will become a sanctuary and a stone of
        stumbling...”


Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8 apply this stumbling stone to Christ,
identifying Him as the Kurios.


6. Psalm 102:25–27 → Hebrews 1:10–12

      • Psalm 102:25 (LXX): “You, LORD (Kurios), laid the foundation
        of the earth in the beginning.”

      • Hebrews 1:10: “You, LORD (Kurios), laid the foundation of the
        earth in the beginning.”

The writer explicitly says this was spoken “of the Son,” identifying
Jesus as Kurios.

7. Deuteronomy 10:17 → Revelation 19:16

      • Deuteronomy 10:17 (LXX): “For the LORD (Kurios) your God is

        God of gods and LORD (Kurios) of lords.”

      • Revelation 19:16: “King of kings and LORD (Kurios) of lords.”

The title for YHWH is applied to Jesus, who bears the name Kurios of all.

The New Testament authors consistently affirm Kurios as the proper
translation of YHWH and deliberately apply passages about the Kurios
of the Old Testament to Jesus Christ.

Satan's Witnesses ("Jehovah's Witnesses") promote LIES that lead people 
to eternal damnation.


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Jesus is God: christrose.news/Jesus-God.

No other message can save except the true gospel: Christ died for our 
sins and rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Galatians 1:8-9). Any 
contrary gospel is false and plunges people into conscious, eternal 
torment in the lake of fire (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9; John 3:18; 
Revelation 14:10-11; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:11-15). Denying the 
deity of Jesus ensures you will die in your sins (John 8:58).

Through the cross, Christ erased the spiritual debt we owed to God for 
our rebellion (Colossians 2:14), a reality established when God raised 
Him from the dead (Romans 1:4). God can now righteously pardon our sins 
(Romans 3:26) and exempt us from the coming divine judgment (1 
Thessalonians 1:10). Salvation cannot be earned; it is a free gift for 
believers (Romans 6:23). Trust in Jesus and invoke His name to be saved 
(Romans 10:9-13):

How to be saved: christrose.news/salvation