The Love Suffering Way
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Ephesians 1:7,
Ephesians 1:7,
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
…Sin separated us from God…We can’t do anything on our own & work our way in to God, because we are filthy rags & unrighteous.
>>>in order to embrace the Good News, we can’t leave out our need to repent.
>>>We must understand that we were bound to Hell & Hopeless.
….So, we need the whole counsel of God that shows us how messed up we were, but also shows us God’s redemptive plan.
***We’ve all heard what we call good news…promotion, sickness to being healed, barren to fertile, freedom, renting to owning...
Gospel = Good News
***The original Hebrew meaning of the Gospel is “Too good to be true news.”
~Don’t be scared to tell ppl…Why? Because you know it has the power to save & transform lives.
…Sin, Satan & Hell is real…comes w/consequences.
(this in no time to “Save Face”)…not dealing w/or confronting the sin in our lives or the lives of others.
>The Gospel is how God makes us right in His sight…it’s through Faith in His Son that we obtain life.
*I am the effect (by-product) of what the Gospel can do…in other words, it saved me…I had nothing to do w/it. His lovingkindness drew me.
...Bring it (take it to them)…delivering the Gospel.
Gospel is not only words, but it has POWER!
Gospel is God’s grace…Power!
***The Gospel can do for us what we can’t do for ourselves.
We have to want change & come to the knowledge that we are sinful & can’t remedy our own condition & understand that we need God’s power to help us.
There’s so much bad news in our world & it’s because of sin, but it can be dealt with.
...God can forgive you, change your life by His mercy (removal of all misery)…in other words, not giving you want you deserved.
The Gospel sanctifies us…sets us apart…disconnects us from our past, so that we can fulfill our purpose…You can’t serve God unless you have separated yourself…Be ye Holy!
***Paul from the moment of his salvation, never wavered from what he was called to do…preach the Gospel.
The reason we are ashamed is because we haven’t truly grasped the power of God.
***We CANNOT change ourselves…No other book, techniques, programs can do it…they can help, but they can’t change you or take away your sins. Only the Gospel can change the heart of man, but is has to be applied.
The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.
>Gospel - the only message of salvation.
You will experience ppl rejecting you, but don’t change the message just to make others comfortable.
...Don’t think that just because ppl reject the Gospel that it lacks power.
What’s the message of the Gospel? Jesus is the only way…He didn’t just come to live & die, but to save.
...Sound doctrine is just preaching Jesus. Where we indict ourselves is when we preach the absence of Jesus.
***Seasons change but the Gospel remains the same.
I know a lot of things have changed, but don’t add or take away anything that God didn’t say. We can’t make it “User friendly…if we try to alter it, we damn ourselves.
To preach any other Gospel, we forfeit the power of God in our lives & ministries.
Sum it up:
1 John 3:23,
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.