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The Gospel of Christ.
2nd Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Vs15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Vs 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
The word gospel simply means good news. Many do not know what the gospel is. If you back up to vs. 8-14 of Mark, you will observe their conversation.
What was the good news there? He just told them he rose from the dead, he just told them he is triumphant over the devil, he told them all authority is given to him and he said go and preach the good news to every creature, so what could that Good news be?
The good news is what he has just told them. What he has done.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
The Gospel of Christ. So the good news is the good news about Christ.
‘... for it is the power of God to everyone that believes’ means it has inherent power. The gospel does not need your assistance, the gospel does not become more powerful when you pray, the gospel does not become more powerful based on how you preach it.
He said the gospel is the power to everyone that believe
What power? The gospel has the righteousness of God.
The just shall live by faith, how? That means by believing the Gospel, you become righteous. So the gospel has the power to make a sinner a righteous man.
How? – by faith, by believing.
Faith in the Gospel of Christ makes a sinner righteous.
The gospel is not to share your notorious experiences from the past.
The good news is about Jesus.
1st Corinthians 15:1
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
Vs 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Vs 3
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
Vs 4
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
So the gospel is about Jesus’ death , burial and resurrection for humanity.
Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
It’s also called the Gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
The Gospel that Paul preached is the revelation of Jesus, the preaching of Jesus.
1st Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
It is called the gospel of Christ
The gospel therefore is news, that is, to share news about what Christ has done.
What news?
Notice that when you hear a piece of news repeatedly e.g, on CNN you get bored. However, to the person who is hearing it for the first time, it is news to him. You are bored at it because you are not telling it to someone.
What you know about Jesus is still news to many people.
• Do you believe you are saved?
• Do you believe you became a Christian by believing the gospel?
• Do you believe you are saved by the gospel
• Do you believe you have been saved since you believed?
• Do you believe the gospel has changed your life forever?
• Do you believe what happened to you can happen to someone else?
• Do you believe what happened to you should happen to someone else?
It can happen because it should happen
It should happen because it can happen.
So if the gospel has changed my life, it should change another person’s life.
Share the news about Christ.
You must avoid sharing anything outside the gospel of Jesus because the Holy Spirit will only testify of Jesus and since the Holy Spirit wants to convince men in salvation, he will only testify of Jesus and that is the only way men can be saved
1st Corinthians 2:1-4 Paul did what you can call the soul winner’s culture
Paul says we must not reduce the message to oratorical prowess, how well you can speak it and how well you can package it. Let us preach the gospel, the gospel was packaged in three days- the death of Jesus, the burial of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus and that is enough to save any man.
The entire event was in a message, if that message goes into the heart of anyone, he will be saved
So the gospel is in few words.
Confession
- the Gospel is about Jesus, not about me, Faith in the Gospel of Christ makes a man righteous. I believe only the Gospel of Christ can save, I have the responsibility to share the news about Christ.