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30 ноември СВ. АНДРЕЙ, АПОСТОЛ Празник ПЪРВО ЧЕТИВО Вярата иде от проповед, а проповедта - от Божие слово. Четене от посланието на Свети Павел Апостол до римляни 10, 9-18 Ако с устата си изповядваш Господа Исуса, и със сърцето си повярваш, че Бог Го възкреси от мъртвите, ще се спасиш. Понеже със сърце се вярва за оправдание, а с уста се изповядва за спасение. Защото и Писанието казва: "Всеки, който вярва в Него, няма да се посрами." Няма разлика между юдеин и грък, защото един и същ е Господ за всички, богат за всички, които Го призовават. "Защото всеки, който призове името Господне, ще се спаси." Но как ще призоват Оня, в когото не са повярвали? Как пък ще повярват в Онзи, за когото не са чули? А как ще чуят без проповедник? И как ще проповядват, ако не бъдат пратени, както е писано: "Колко прекрасни са нозете на ония, които благовестят мир, които благовестят доброто!" Ала не всички послушаха благовестието; защото Исаия казва: "Господи, кой повярва на това, що е чул от нас?" И тъй, вярата иде от слушане, а слушането - от слово Христово. Но казвам: "Нима те не чуха: "Напротив", гласът ми се разнесе по цяла земя, и думите им - до краищата на вселената." Това е Божие слово. ОТПЕВЕН ПСАЛОМ Пс 18, 2-3.4-5 (О: 5а) Техният звук се носи по цяла земя. Небесата проповядват славата на Бога, и за делата на ръцете Му възвестява твърдта. O Ден на ден реч предава, и нощ на нощ знание открива. O Няма език и няма наречие, дето не би се чувал техният глас. O Техният звук се носи по цяла земя, и техните думи до краищата на вселената. O АЛИЛУЯ Мт 4, 19 O Алилуя. Дойдете след Мене, казва Господ, и ще ви направя ловци на човеци. O Алилуя. ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ Те веднага оставиха мрежите и Го последваха. Четене от светото Евангелие според Матей 4, 18-22 В онова време: Като вървеше Исус край Галилейското море, видя двама братя, Симон, наричан Петър, и брата му Андрей, да хвърлят мрежа в морето, понеже бяха рибари. И казва им: "Вървете след Мене, и Аз ще ви направя ловци на човеци." И те веднага оставиха мрежите, и тръгнаха след Него. Оттам като отидоха по нататък, видя други двама братя, Яков Зеведеев и брата му Иван, в кораб със Зеведей, баща им, които кърпеха мрежите си, и ги повика. Те веднага оставиха кораба и баща си и тръгнаха след него. Това е слово Господне.
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Is the hearing and believing of the gospel NECESSARY for a person to be save? That is the question I investigate here. Paul asks the rhetorical question in Romans chapter 10:13-17 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? (As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!") But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The fact he asks these things rhetorically indicates there should be no question that this is a fact. For one only uses rhetorical questions when what is stated is not in dispute. Thus it was a well excepted fact that a person could not call on the Lord to be saved or believe in Him without first hearing the gospel. But still this leaves the question as to whether one must believe in the Lord, and thus hear the gospel, to be saved. Or whether hearing and believing the gospel is just one other way to be saved. One example indicating the gospel is essential to salvation is what Paul said in 1Thess 2:14-16 For you, brothers, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own countrymen the same things those churches suffered from the Jews, who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to all men in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last. "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:30,31In fact how did Paul know that this man had not already been saved by some other means if indeed there were any other way to be saved? It is inherently implied throughout the New Testament, such as this example, that belief in the gospel is necessary for salvation. Another example is Cornelius. The angel told him, "Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved." Acts 11:13,14So it was necessary for Cornelius to hear the gospel to be saved. Note who Cornelius was, as an unsaved person: "At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly." Acts 10:1,2So here's a man whom God claims is unsaved despite the fact that he was God fearing and generous and devout, praying regularly. Yet he was on his way to hell apart from hearing the gospel. So if Cornelius is not saved apart from the gospel, what kind of a person could hypothetically be saved apart from hearing and believing the gospel? The Bible simply doesn't provide an option for people to be saved apart from the faith that comes from hearing the gospel, no matter how "good" a person has been. "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mr 16:16Belief in Jesus is necessary for salvation. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."