[Our flesh] indicates that the essential way in which people are rebelling against God is that they are assuming that, like Him, they can make the decisions necessary for enjoying a fulfilled and happy future. The folly of this rebellion is that people think that they love themselves more, are wiser, and thus better able than the all-loving, omniscient, omnipotent God to provide for themselves the fulfillment they crave. Thus conversion, according to Jesus, reverses the act of the Fall and makes a declaration, not of independence from God, but dependence on Him.

Daniel Fuller (1925–2023), Theologe, Professor für Hermeneutik und Dekan am Fuller Theological Seminary

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Faith & Trust, Guilt & Forgiveness

Occasions: For Reflection

Daniel Fuller

Daniel Fuller (1925–2023) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe und wirkte über vier Jahrzehnte als Professor für Hermeneutik und Dekan am Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. Er entwickelte Methoden zur grammatischen Diskursanalyse biblischer Texte und betonte die Kontinuität beider Testamente, stieß jedoch mit seinen Thesen zur Irrtumslosigkeit der Schrift und zum Verhältnis von Glaube und Gehorsam auf scharfe Kritik konservativer Theologen. Für heutige Bibelleser ist er vor allem durch seinen hermeneutischen Ansatz bedeutsam, der namhafte Prediger und Ausleger wie John Piper nachhaltig prägte.

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