That was the motto for Verdict Publications. Verdict was supported by preachers, seminary professors, Christian scholars and lay theologians from all over the world. Robert D. Brinsmead was the publisher of verdict. There were many contributing writers of Verdict. I was fortunate enough to be a subscriber of Verdict for about 20 years. Brinsmead has retired from publishing, but is still active with his fruit farm in Australia.
The problem with Verdict is that it was not written for lay people. It was written by scholars for other scholars. You could not just skim through it, you had to study it, paragraph by paragraph. Many people that I gave issues to said that they could not understand it. It was basically about what God had accomplished in his Son Jesus Christ on behalf of fallen man. It also called all religions and all religious thought into question. I suppose this is why they came up with the motto, "The Gospel Plus Nothing and Nothing But the Gospel" After studying with Verdict for a number of years I concluded also that it was the Gospel plus nothing and nothing but the Gospel.
Religion is anti-Gospel and anti-Christ. The purpose of religion is to lead people away from the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ into themselves who are sinners. When a person is led to have faith in a religion instead of faith in Christ Satan is very happy and has accomplished his purpose. If we are going to have a strong faith we must go outside of ourselves to someone that is stronger than ourselves. There is no strength in and of ourselves. Our strength can only come from Christ and his Gospel. All religions have one thing incommon, they are all subjective. Subjectiveism is the devils tool.
The Gospel is good news. It is good news for poor unsaved sinners. The good news is that God has sent his Son Jesus Christ into the world to do for sinners that which they cannot do for themselves. In our name and on our behalf, Jesus has offered to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his Holy Law. This life is our life, it is the only life that God accepts. When God accepted Jesus into heaven we were accepted in him. We who believe this now sit in heavenly places in Jesus Christ, Ephesians 2:6.
As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil has been defeated. If Jesus did not defeat sin, death and the devil we would all be without hope and lost in our sins. When Jesus died on the cross all of humanity died with him. This is why Paul said "I have been crucified with Christ" Galatians 2:20. When Jesus came out of Joseph's new tomb we came out with him. In Jesus Christ we have been crucified and resurrected. God now sees us as new creations in Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
This Gospel is ours by simple child like faith. We now stand before God as complete in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10. As you can see religion played no part in our salvation. In Jesus Christ we have been justified, sanctified and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. It is all of God and his Son Jesus Christ. All that we all called to do is to believe it, plus nothing.
The problem with Verdict is that it was not written for lay people. It was written by scholars for other scholars. You could not just skim through it, you had to study it, paragraph by paragraph. Many people that I gave issues to said that they could not understand it. It was basically about what God had accomplished in his Son Jesus Christ on behalf of fallen man. It also called all religions and all religious thought into question. I suppose this is why they came up with the motto, "The Gospel Plus Nothing and Nothing But the Gospel" After studying with Verdict for a number of years I concluded also that it was the Gospel plus nothing and nothing but the Gospel.
Religion is anti-Gospel and anti-Christ. The purpose of religion is to lead people away from the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ into themselves who are sinners. When a person is led to have faith in a religion instead of faith in Christ Satan is very happy and has accomplished his purpose. If we are going to have a strong faith we must go outside of ourselves to someone that is stronger than ourselves. There is no strength in and of ourselves. Our strength can only come from Christ and his Gospel. All religions have one thing incommon, they are all subjective. Subjectiveism is the devils tool.
The Gospel is good news. It is good news for poor unsaved sinners. The good news is that God has sent his Son Jesus Christ into the world to do for sinners that which they cannot do for themselves. In our name and on our behalf, Jesus has offered to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his Holy Law. This life is our life, it is the only life that God accepts. When God accepted Jesus into heaven we were accepted in him. We who believe this now sit in heavenly places in Jesus Christ, Ephesians 2:6.
As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil has been defeated. If Jesus did not defeat sin, death and the devil we would all be without hope and lost in our sins. When Jesus died on the cross all of humanity died with him. This is why Paul said "I have been crucified with Christ" Galatians 2:20. When Jesus came out of Joseph's new tomb we came out with him. In Jesus Christ we have been crucified and resurrected. God now sees us as new creations in Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
This Gospel is ours by simple child like faith. We now stand before God as complete in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10. As you can see religion played no part in our salvation. In Jesus Christ we have been justified, sanctified and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. It is all of God and his Son Jesus Christ. All that we all called to do is to believe it, plus nothing.
