Hello, Part 2 dlb
Submitted by bock on Wed, 2009-02-11 16:55.
As I suggested the point is what is focused on- the transaction or the relationship. It also is about what gets the emphasis, removal of sin or the ongoing relationship that results from it. A removal of sin and transaction emphasis tends to stress what we avoid (the judgment of God). The relational emphasis highlights where we end up-- knowing God in a relationship that is unending and where he provides what we most need to sustain that relationship, namely, the Spirit of God. Do not overread what I am saying. I am not saying this is not in the other version of presenting things. I am simply saying that putting the emphasis on where we end up does a clearer job of presenting what the gospel is really about.


