- The Gospel - Desiring God
The gospel is good news because it brings a person into the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of Jesus Christ He is not merely the rope that pulls us from the threatening waves; he is the solid beach under our feet, and the air in our lungs, and the beat of our heart, and the warm sun on our skin, and the song in our ears, and the arms of
- What Is the Christian Gospel? - Desiring God
The gospel is not just a sequence of steps (say, the "Four Laws" of Campus Crusade or the "Six Biblical Truths" of Quest for Joy) Those are essential But what makes the gospel "good news" is that it connects a person with the "unsearchable riches of Christ " There is nothing in itself that makes "forgiveness of sins" good news
- The Gospel in 6 Minutes - Desiring God
That’s the gospel You Can’t Outgrow the Gospel You never, never, never outgrow your need for the gospel Don’t ever think of the gospel as, “That’s the way you get saved, and then you get strong by leaving it and doing something else ” No! We are strengthened by God through the gospel every day, till the day we drop
- The Gospel in Six Truths | Desiring God
Here are six elements I see in that text on the gospel If any one of these six is missing, we have no gospel 1 The gospel is a divine plan “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,” which were written hundreds of years before Christ died (1 Corinthians 15:3)
- You (Still) Need the Gospel - Desiring God
Far better news the gospel brings: It bids us fly and gives us wings If you know and love the Lord Jesus, the gospel — Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection — gives you wings Satan wants you to think you’re still earthbound Jesus, however, reminds you: it’s time to fly! New Identity The gospel also tells us that we’ve been
- Living with Gospel-Sized Ambition - Desiring God
But I do not account my life” — this is Acts 20:24 now — “of any value nor as precious to myself, if only” — this is the one sense in which he does value his life — “I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God ”
- A Six-Point Summary of the Gospel - Desiring God
Here’s a summary of the gospel to help you understand it and enjoy it and share it! 1) God created us for his glory “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6–7)
- The Gospel of the Grace of God - Desiring God
The verse is Acts 20:24, “I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God ” The ministry Paul had been given by the risen Christ was to “testify to the gospel of the grace of God ”
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