Listen "Sin as a Relational Problem—The Source of Separation"
Episode Synopsis
This episode is a rebuttal of one of the most pervasive and devastating distortions of the Gospel in the modern evangelical world: the reduction of salvation to a legal transaction. In this view, sin is merely a violation of law, and Christ’s death is a solitary event to pay the penalty. Salvation, then, is secured the moment the punishment is executed, the guilt removed, and the verdict declared: forgiven. Everything else—Christ’s life, resurrection, ascension, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit—is sidelined.This legal-only “gospel” doesn’t deny the cross—but it detaches it from the story it belongs to. Calvary becomes a courtroom verdict rather than a relational doorway. Reconciliation is mentioned, but fellowship is not pursued. Justification is declared, but union is never expected. And the Holy Spirit—the very medium through which communion is restored—is almost entirely ignored.In this system, Jesus could have died on another planet, and the legal issue would still be resolved. No walking among us. No suffering with us. No Spirit within us. It’s a “gospel” that requires no relationship—only assent.But Scripture never presents salvation this way.
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