We often think of the gospel as that most elementary truth of the Christian life that you leave behind as you grow deeper in the faith. But that is not true at all. It is true that the gospel is simple and may be the first thing a person becoming a believer understands. But we never outgrow the importance of the gospel in our lives.
The Humility of the Gospel
Few things are more important in the Christian life than humility. Peter said, "Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, and he will lift you up." The gospel is the final source of our humility. The Son of God had to die to redeem me!
The Security of the gospel
But there is no security like the gospel. God loved me so much that He sent His Son to die for me. His love is the foundation of our security.
The virtue of the gospel
Because of the gospel we do not try to do what is right so God will accept us. We hunger to do what pleases God because we have been accepted in the beloved.
We ought to see everything in Scripture in the light Jesus and through the lens of the gospel. From time to time over the next few months I want to show how one passage or another must be seen through the perspective of the gospel.
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