Jon Reagle shared a comment the other day that the Gospel has been made to complex by men these days and I could not agree more; it will not be laid to rest there. Over the next few days I am going to share what the Gospel is not, that is what we have perverted the Gospel of Christ to be, followed by the simplicity of the Gospel. 1. The Gospel is not just how we get saved. If you talk to the average Christian and ask them what the Gospel is and more than likely they are going to give you a plan of salvation. The Gospel is not the plan of salvation, the Gospel is not the 4 spiritual laws, and the Gospel is not just how we get saved. For some Christians the Gospel is a narrow set of teachings about Jesus and his death and resurrection, which rightly believed tip people into the kingdom. After that real discipleship and personal transformation begin but none of that is integrally related to the Gospel. In other words, you need the Gospel to get saved but you need to graduate to something beyond the Gospel after you have gotten saved. We say a person preaches the Gospel if a person preaches a Billy Graham crusade style salvation message designed and geared toward the alter call at the end but if they preach something that is not designed or geared toward the alter call at the end we say it is not a Gospel message. I have had people ask me “Are you going to preach a Gospel message or will this be for believers?” That is how we think. Is it going to be a Gospel message or will it be for believers? YES! Believers need the Gospel. The Gospel is not just how we get saved. We never get beyond the Gospel in our Christian life to something more advanced. The Gospel is not the first step in a stairway of truths rather it is more like the hub in the wheel of truth. The Gospel is not the ABC’s but the A-Z of Christianity. The Gospel is not the minimum doctrine required to enter the kingdom but the way we make all progress in the kingdom. So mistake #1 is that we see the Gospel just as how people get saved. We see the Gospel as the ABC: Acknowledge your sin, Believe in Christ, Confess him as your savior, have you heard that one? That is not the Gospel it’s a cheap substitute. It is not correct to say that unbelievers need the Gospel but believers need something more; folks there is nothing more, you never move beyond the Gospel, you never outgrow the Gospel, you never become too sophisticated for the Gospel. If you think that you are too sophisticated for the Gospel you do not know what the Gospel is.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:14:26 +0000
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