“gift-giving, or grace, in the ancient world always required reciprocation.” — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“The gospel is not just a story about Jesus; it is a transformative story because the gospel unleashes God’s saving power for humanity.” — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“The Greek word pistis, generally rendered “faith” or “belief,” as it pertains to Christian salvation, quite simply has little correlation with “faith” and “belief”… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“Human salvation is directed toward God's intention to restore individuals, communities, and the world as the kingdom of God continues to break into history.… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“Jesus proclaimed the one gospel by announcing the inauguration of the kingdom of God as well as its anticipated culmination” — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“the gospel is the power-releasing story of Jesus’s life, death for sins, resurrection, and installation as king, but that story only makes sense in… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“With regard to eternal salvation, rather than speaking of belief, trust, or faith in Jesus, we should speak instead of fidelity to Jesus as… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“For reasons that will become clear in due course, I submit that the gospel is not primarily about the necessity of the human response… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“The gospel has been entrusted to the whole church for the sake of the entire world.” — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“the gospel is the power-releasing story of how Jesus became king and the only adequate response is allegiance alone.” — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“Some still need to be convinced that enacted obedience is essential to salvation. Those who are already persuaded need a more robust theological grammar… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“God’s superabundant, prior gift is granted without regard to our relative worth, but the reception of God’s gift demands a return gift from us,… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
“The key point is that true pistis is not an irrational launching into the void but a reasonable, action-oriented response grounded in the conviction… — Matthew W. Bates Copy Share Image
![“Human salvation is directed toward God's intention to restore individuals, communities, and the world as the kingdom of God continues to break into history. When we give allegiance [to the Lord Jesus Christ], we become new creatures set free from the enslaving power of sin. As we worship the Son…” quote by Matthew W. Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bbd/matthew-w-bates-33276_history_human-salvation-is-directed-toward-god-s_948456.jpg)
