UNDERSTANDING THE GOSPEL
There some people who think just because they became christians at an early age, or they never committed "big" sins, unconsciously they become boastful of these things. If you are a " spiritual veteran" and still blind to the gospel, how miserable is that. It is not about our experience, it is Jesus alone on the Cross. How long we have been a christian, or how trivial the sins we have committed are, will not count on that day, it is a question of whether you believe in Christ alone or Christ plus something else. No wonder the self righteous always finds the gospel offensive, because it strips them of the grades they have foolishly awarded themselves.
I am afraid a lot of people who are called Christians, are completely mistaken about the truth of the gospel. Why is it hard for people to understand that they can never deserve nor earn right standing with God? The gospel is simply (good news, it is not something that we have done, it is outside of us. It is completely free. No strings attached. We cannot claim to be children of God without precisely understanding the gospel. In the first chapter of the book of Romans, the apostle Paul, says the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. In the book of Galatians, Paul had to teach the Galatians the exclusiveness of the gospel, all over again. After 2000 years plus, I wonder how far the Christian church has wandered from the real gospel, if the Galatians drifted from it, even while the apostle was alive.
By the grace of God, I have had the privilege of preaching the gospel to a number of people over the years. I have witnessed first hand the joy, hope and boldness that people experience when they fully understand the gospel. In my whole life I have never experienced the kind of fellowship that the gospel brings among believers, it's glorious and blissful. I miss those moments, the ecstasy of salvation that those poor men and women of Salima exhibited, the laughter, the tears and spiritual joy! When you fully understand the gospel, there's absolutely nothing in this world that can take its place. To Him, who suffered, died and rose to pay for our sins, be the glory for ever and ever, Amen.
I am afraid a lot of people who are called Christians, are completely mistaken about the truth of the gospel. Why is it hard for people to understand that they can never deserve nor earn right standing with God? The gospel is simply (good news, it is not something that we have done, it is outside of us. It is completely free. No strings attached. We cannot claim to be children of God without precisely understanding the gospel. In the first chapter of the book of Romans, the apostle Paul, says the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. In the book of Galatians, Paul had to teach the Galatians the exclusiveness of the gospel, all over again. After 2000 years plus, I wonder how far the Christian church has wandered from the real gospel, if the Galatians drifted from it, even while the apostle was alive.
By the grace of God, I have had the privilege of preaching the gospel to a number of people over the years. I have witnessed first hand the joy, hope and boldness that people experience when they fully understand the gospel. In my whole life I have never experienced the kind of fellowship that the gospel brings among believers, it's glorious and blissful. I miss those moments, the ecstasy of salvation that those poor men and women of Salima exhibited, the laughter, the tears and spiritual joy! When you fully understand the gospel, there's absolutely nothing in this world that can take its place. To Him, who suffered, died and rose to pay for our sins, be the glory for ever and ever, Amen.
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