The GOSPEL is the power of GOD for salvation to everyone who believes.
The only really important thing in this life is: do I believe?
I believe these things because I have seen them. Like we know, ‘I deserve hell.’ But I know Jesus, and in Him I experience Heaven. What could account for this but the gospel?
The gospel that says: Let light shine out of darkness.
And: A holy God made people who rebelled, but He never stopped loving them.
And: A perfect Man who is God died, but after He died He came back to life.
And: People are dead when they are born and some of them hear Jesus call them to life.
And: I was born in a hospital twenty-six years ago, and I was re-born in a hospital three years ago.
All of this is true even though none of it really makes sense to me. For me, thinking about this mystery that is the gospel makes me fear God, love God, and want to spend time outside of time with God. And then I sense faith growing in my heart, which makes me sure that I believe. So the only really important thing in life is settled, and now I get to enjoy it all—captivated by Jesus.
A simple discipline that helps me love Jesus is telling myself the gospel. There are an infinite number of ways to express the gospel–generally or personally, in a few words or in many, casually or formally. Please share an expression of the gospel that’s on your mind. (See also 1 Cor. 15:1-11 for a perfect expression of the gospel.)
ltlo
i like the way tim keller often puts it: you are more dark and wretched and sinful than you would ever dare to imagine and at the same time you are more precious and valued and loved than you could ever dream.
God is holy. i am not. Jesus died to make me holy.
i am lustful. God is pure. b/c of Jesus, i have a chance in marriage.
the Power of God overcomes darkness; it takes all the evil in my life and transforms it into light–every day.
whenever you find anything in your life that’s not good, tell yourself the Gospel and celebrate the power of God.