THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
The following is an explanation of the Gospel, in a nutshell....
1. EVEN THE "BEST" OF US LIVE WITH POLLUTED MOTIVES, SELF-CENTRED, BIAS & PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE "FILTHY RAGS"
(ISAIAH 64:6)
2. THEREFORE, WE ALL "FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
(ROMANS 3:23)
3. AND WE ALL DESERVE TO DIE ETERNALLY
(ROMANS 6:23)
4. BUT BECAUSE "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD" OF LOST SINNERS, HE SENT HIS ONLY SON TO SAVE US.
(JOHN 3:16, 1 TIMOTHY 1:15)
5. AND SO JESUS, THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE GLORY OF GOD'S RELENTLESS LOVE AMONG US, TOOK UP THE CROSS & THERE SUFFERED THE DEATH THAT WAS OURS THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE LIFE THAT WAS HIS.
(ISAIAH 53:6, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21)
6. SO THAT BY TRUSTING IN CHRIST ALONE, WE MIGHT EXCHANGE OUR FILTHY RAGS FOR HIS SPOTLESS ROBE OF PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS.
(ROMANS 4:3, ISAIAH.61:10)
7. AND "COVERED WITH HIS LIFE" WE MIGHT HUMBLY WALK WITH GOD IN THIS LIFE & JOYFULLY DWELL WITH GOD IN THE LIFE TO COME.
(REVELATION 3:20, 21:3)
8. HENCE, WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OUT OF LOVE, & NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE SAVED, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED....
(JOHN 14:15)
A THOUGHT:-
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO STILL HURT THE ONE WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU, BY TRAMPLING ON HIS HOLY LAW??......
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