Gospel Allegiance Quotes

“Yet when speaking about how to respond to a messiah or to good news about a king, a royal frame is present, so “allegiance” is the obvious actualization for pistis. And we have firm evidence that pistis intends allegiance in royal and imperial contexts, even if Roman paranoia about tyranny makes it less common than we might otherwise expect.11 In fact, Morgan indicates that pistis (and fides, its rough Latin equivalent) as loyalty or allegiance to military commanders and kings/emperors was so common that it is attested across a wider range of sources than any other category! This loyalty was reinforced by a military oath of allegiance. This pistis was not described as a one-time decision; rather, its duration is consistently stressed—allegiance that was genuine endured over the course of a full campaign or military career.12”
― Matthew W. Bates, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ

“Yet when speaking about how to respond to a messiah or to good news about a king, a royal frame is present, so “allegiance” is the obvious actualization for pistis. And we have firm evidence that pistis intends allegiance in royal and imperial contexts, even if Roman paranoia about tyranny makes it less common than we might otherwise expect.11 In fact, Morgan indicates that pistis (and fides, its rough Latin equivalent) as loyalty or allegiance to military commanders and kings/emperors was so common that it is attested across a wider range of sources than any other category! This loyalty was reinforced by a military oath of allegiance. This pistis was not described as a one-time decision; rather, its duration is consistently stressed—allegiance”
― Matthew W. Bates, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ

“Only regarding the Spirit. Paul says that this appointment as Son-of-God-in-Power “pertains to the Spirit of Holiness.” On the basis of Old Testament evidence and the Dead Sea Scrolls, most scholars agree that “Spirit of Holiness” was a Hebraic way of referring to the Holy Spirit.”
― Matthew W. Bates, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ

“The gospel is the true story of how Jesus the Son was sent by God the Father to become the saving king who now rules forever at his right hand through the sending of the Holy Spirit, fulfilling God’s promises in Scripture.”
― Matthew W. Bates, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ

“In the New Testament era, a person would enact faith (pistis) toward someone or something else by outward doing.”
― Matthew W. Bates, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ