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>>> The Gospel Is Not

 

The gospel is not an invitation to accept Jesus; it is the stunning announcement to that He accepts You. Grace and un-grace don't mix. How do you recognize the authentic gospel? It's 100 percent good news. There's no bad news in good news. There's no price tag on the gift, no hooks in his love, and no shadows in the light. The gospel proclaimed that in union with Christ you are loved, forgiven, saved, accepted, holy, righteous, dead to sin, new, and royal. The gospel is good news from start to finish.

 

Here are Ten Facets of the Gospel of Grace:

 

1. The gospel is not a solicitation to impress God with your love; it is the passionate declaration of your Father's undying love for you.

 

2. The gospel is not an appeal to engage in soul-searching and fault-finding; it is the emphatic declaration that you have been completely and eternally forgiven through the blood of the Lamb. 

 

3. The gospel is not merely a promise of a ticket to heaven; it is the power of God to bless you with his saving and abundant life here and now. 

 

4. The gospel is not an advertising brochure for the treasures of the kingdom; it is the thrilling revelation that the Lover of your soul desires to share his Life in wedded union with you forever.

 

5. The gospel is not an invitation to accept Jesus; it is the stunning announcement that he accepts you just as you are.

 

6. The gospel is not a sign up sheet for sanctification classes; it is the definitive announcement that Christ in you are holy indeed - instantly. 

 

7. The gospel is not a list of things you must do to inherit eternal life; it is blessed announcement the righteousness you need to enter the kingdom of heaven comes to us as a free gift through faith.

 

8. The gospel is not a reform program for bad people; it is liberating declaration of a new life for those who have died.

(This is not talking about your physical body in the here and now. This is spiritual language: you must be born-again. Your old self has died to the Law of sin and death and God gave you a new life, a new spirit where he can now live in you).

 

9. The gospel is not a half-baked hope that you extend your old, broken life indefinitely; it is the joyful announcement that in Christ the old has gone and the new has come. 

 

10. The gospel is not vague notion that you get to rule and reign after you die; it is the royal announcement that the reign of the King is within the reach of faith. The Kingdom of God is at hand. 

 

Two thousand years ago Grace (Jesus-personified) proclaimed the gospel. (See Luke 4:18-19,21, Titus 2:11).

The good news is the best news we've ever heard! The adventure of living loved has just began.