Terry's editorial prompted numerous reactions on Twitter from concerned Southern Baptist leaders, including Daniel Akin, Hershael York, Chad Brand and Jason Duesing, as well as an official statement from Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, and a clarification by Terry.Ī clarification by Terry was issued to the media Aug. "That is not how I understand the Bible and that is why I do not sing the phrase 'the wrath of God was satisfied' even though I love the song 'In Christ Alone.'" "Some popular theologies do hold that Jesus' suffering appeased God's wrath," Terry wrote. 8 editorial, paralleled the angst expressed by a Presbyterian Church USA hymnal committee in rejecting the song "In Christ Alone" because of the line "Till on that cross as Jesus died/The wrath of God was satisfied." Substitutionary atonement refers to the belief that Jesus died in the place of sinners, taking on Himself the wrath of God that they deserved.īob Terry, editor of The Alabama Baptist, in an Aug. Either the events were disclosed directly to the disciples at a later time, by Jesus or by someone else, or the apostles learned the details straight from the Holy Spirit as they wrote God’s Word.NASHVILLE (BP) - The centrality of the doctrine of substitutionary atonement is being emphasized by Southern Baptist leaders after a state newspaper editor wrote that he does not sing certain words of a popular hymn due to its mention of God's wrath. In any case, the events of Jesus’ life that God wanted us to know-including events that occurred in solitude-were documented. In those forty days, Jesus would have had ample opportunity to inform the disciples of all the things that happened to Him when they were not around. Or perhaps John got the story from the woman, given the fact that the disciples stayed in her city for two days following her conversion (John 4:40).Īfter His resurrection, Jesus appeared to the disciples over a period of forty days "speaking to them about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). A common-sense explanation is that Jesus later filled His disciples in. Isn’t it likely that He related to them what had happened sometime during those three years? Similarly, Jesus was alone as He spoke to the woman at the well in John 4, yet their conversation is quoted at length. No disciple was present with Jesus during the wilderness temptation in Matthew 4, but, later, Jesus spent over three years with the disciples. Believing the Gospels to be inspired, we can easily accept that explanation.Īnother explanation is simply that Jesus later told His disciples what they had missed. Still, how did the disciples know what transpired when they were away from Jesus? One possible explanation is that the Holy Spirit told them what happened as they were writing their histories.
In fact, Jesus had promised them that the Spirit would bring to their remembrance “everything I have said” (John 14:26). The other benefit the writers had-and this is a big one-is that they were inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16). Very probably, Mark gleaned information for his Gospel from the apostle Peter (1 Peter 5:13). In fact, Luke mentions that he “carefully investigated everything from the beginning” before writing his Gospel (Luke 1:3). Mark and Luke had access to the eyewitnesses. Matthew and John were both eyewitnesses to most of the events in their narratives. The Gospel narratives were not written at the time the events happened, like some kind of daily journal entry rather, they were put together later, like most historical narratives, based on memory, research, and compilation. How did anyone know what He said or did, since there were no eyewitnesses to what happened?
For example, when Jesus was in the desert for forty days (Matthew 4) or praying in the Garden at Gethsemane (Mark 14), He was by Himself.
There are a number of times in the Gospels when Jesus’ words are quoted or His actions are described during times that He was alone.
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