So when I shared the gospel with unbelievers, I focus exclusively on the vertical.

Here's how you can come into a saving relationship with God through Christ.

Turn from your sin.

Believe by faith that God offered Jesus to die for your sin.

And God raise them from the dead.

The moment people convert to Jesus Christ, I then start talking about other aspects of the good news of Jesus, which include that God has worked

in Jesus Christ to bring about vertical, horizontal, and cosmic redemption because Adam's

curse was a vertical, horizontal, and cosmic curse.

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology.

My guest today is my friend, Dr. Jarvis J. Williams, who is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the South of Baptist Theological Seminary.

And he's the author of numerous books, including his most recent book, Paul's Gospel in Romans, vertical, horizontal, and cosmic dimensions, which forms the backdrop of

our conversation about the gospel. And word of warning, I guess, to some of you, this is a,

Jarvis is a capital S scholar. And I think he has the Bible memorized in its original languages,

as you will see. So we go fast, we go hard,

we dance around. You might want to have your Bibles open for this one, or we may have to

hit pause here and there to kind of look up stuff that we're talking about. And I think those

of you who geek out over Pauline theology will geek out over this episode.

But yeah, this is a fun conversation.

As you could tell, Jarvis is, he's a top-notch scholar.

He's also a preacher and a person who absolutely loves Jesus and it oozes out of everything he says and does.

So please welcome back to the show.

The one and only, Dr. Jarvis Williams. Man, it's been a while. How are you doing this morning?

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