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What Should I Say to Active Churchgoers Who Reject the Trinity and the Deity of Christ?

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Stand to Reason

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9601 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Questions about what to say to longtime, active churchgoers who don’t believe in the Trinity or the deity of Christ, and a challenge to the idea that it’s possible for someone to have a relationship with Jesus today.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Amy Hall and Greg Kokel on Standreason's hashtag STR-ask podcast. Welcome, Greg.

0:19.1

You got top billing there, Amy. I had to slip that in every once in a while.

0:24.8

You must increase. I must decrease. Okay. Nice to see you this one. So we're going to continue on a little bit on questions about Jesus and salvation from another angle. This one comes from Matt for Western Australia.

0:40.6

I have just recently found out that two family members who've been active churchgoers for 40 years

0:47.0

don't believe in the Trinity or the divine son.

0:50.2

They believe Jesus as Savior as the perfect man, created.

0:55.0

I have challenged them, but they say they're saved.

0:57.5

Your thoughts?

0:58.9

Well, the question is a biblical one, a textual one.

1:04.0

It has to do with what Scripture says is necessary for salvation.

1:17.5

And Jesus, when he is talking to the woman at the well in John chapter, what's that for, he says that the father should be worshipped in spirit and in truth.

1:25.8

Okay, so certain details are really important.

1:28.8

Okay?

1:29.2

You go to Romans 10.

1:31.0

I'm just going off the top of my head now.

1:32.8

There's a lot of verses that would pertain here,

1:34.7

but this would just be helpful quickly.

1:36.8

It says, if you confess with your mouth,

1:39.7

whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

1:42.0

Now that's a citation from the Old Testament.

1:44.2

But then it says, if you confess with your mouth, Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that

1:50.5

God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. Notice the criteria involves not just a

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