society for the explanation of and debate of theological
truths in propositional and sentential precision, with no
reception and experience of the person of the risen Lord
Jesus.
Jesus can be proclaimed as the Savior of mankind, as
He is within evangelical preaching, but when the Savior is
detached from the process of salvation a transactional
dualism results. If Jesus is but the benefactor of the benefits
of salvation, then He is but the source of commodities,
“goods,” services, products or possessions that are
dispensed, conferred or endowed by one who is
dualistically distinct from that which is delivered. The
spiritual Deliverer becomes but a religious dispenser.
Those that advocate a behavioristic morality or
“Christian ethic” that divorces the doing of good from the
dynamic of the God-man, Jesus Christ, create a
disconnected dualism that encourages and expects behavior
that conforms to the codified rules and regulations by
means of employing procedures, techniques and behavioral
formulas, rather than deriving divine character, the “fruit of
the Spirit” (Gal. 5:22,23), from the Spirit of Christ (Rom.
8:9). Such moral “works” may be enacted for personal
spirituality or for the social good and betterment of
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