Nous entendons souvent souligner les caractéristiques "salvatrices" de Dieu - son amour, sa miséricorde, sa bonté et ainsi de suite - mais la question de sa seigneurie est absente. Cette distorsion est particulièrement évidente dans l'évangélisation. Dans la pratique moderne, l'appel à la repentance est généralement appelé une "invitation", que l'on peut évidemment accepter ou refuser. Il est offert poliment. On entend rarement présenter la demande souveraine de Dieu de se repentir ou sa demande de soumission totale à l'autorité de son roi désigné, Jésus-Christ.
James Montgomery Boice, "Foundations of the Christian Faith-Book I", page 120. 1986 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.
We often hear the “Savior” characteristics of God stressed – His love, mercy, goodness and so on – but the matter of His lordship is absent. The distortion is particularly clear in evangelism. In modern practice the call to repentance is usually called an “invitation,” which one can obviously accept or refuse. It is offered politely. Seldom do we hear presented God’s sovereign demand to repent or His demand for total submission to the authority of His appointed king, Christ Jesus.
James Montgomery Boice, “Foundations of the Christian Faith-Book I”, page 120. 1986 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.