What is the Gospel? The Gospel is that work that Jesus did in our name and on our behalf. It is the Gospel that justifies ungodly sinners, Romans 4:5 and reconciles them and the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. It is imperative that every Christian knows and understands this Gospel. To not believe and understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is to be at risk of being deceived by Satan and drawn off into a false doctrine or religion.
Jesus said, "Few there be that find it" Matthew 7:14.
What was Jesus referring to when he said that? He was referring to his Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the gateway to heaven. There is nothing greater in the Bible than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the heart and the center of the New Testament. In the Gospel, Jesus comes into the world as God's new Adam and our new humanity. He is our substitute and our representative. All that Jesus is and all that he does, he does for us.
He is...
Our substitute, Our representative, Our mediator, Our reconciler, Our justifier, Our righteousness, Our sanctification, Our life, Our way, Our truth, Our savior, Our Lord, Our God, Our salvation. Without Jesus Christ we would all be lost, "Because, there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12.
Jesus, by his holy, righteous, sinless life, offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law. He does this in our name and on our behalf. Jesus is the end and the fulfillment of God's holy law. Every jot and tittle of the law has been fulfilled, Matthew 5:18. The life of Jesus was lived for our justification, Romans 3:26. This is why Paul could say... "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
The life of Christ was not enough for the salvation of fallen man. Something had to be done about his sins and the sins of the whole world. God requires a perfect sacrifice and a perfect atonement for our sins and the sins of the world. This is why..."He has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21. When Jesus died we died with him. This is why Paul wrote, "I have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live" Galatians 2:20. When Jesus came out of Joseph's new tomb, our new humanity came out with him. When Jesus ascended into heaven, we ascended with him.
God sees everything in his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus is God's new Adam and our new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. As far as God is concerned, sin, death and the devil have been destroyed by his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus has victoriously reconciled us and the world unto God the Father, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. The work of salvation is a finished work, we cannot add to it, nor can we take away from it. Our salvation is in a very safe place at the right hand of God in heaven. This Gospel calls all religious thought and all religions into question. If Jesus has saved us by his doing and his dying, then what good is any religion. Perhaps this is what Paul meant when he said, "The Just Shall Live By Faith" Romans 1:17. and not by rules, laws or religion.
Jesus said, "Few there be that find it" Matthew 7:14.
What was Jesus referring to when he said that? He was referring to his Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the gateway to heaven. There is nothing greater in the Bible than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the heart and the center of the New Testament. In the Gospel, Jesus comes into the world as God's new Adam and our new humanity. He is our substitute and our representative. All that Jesus is and all that he does, he does for us.
He is...
Our substitute, Our representative, Our mediator, Our reconciler, Our justifier, Our righteousness, Our sanctification, Our life, Our way, Our truth, Our savior, Our Lord, Our God, Our salvation. Without Jesus Christ we would all be lost, "Because, there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12.
Jesus, by his holy, righteous, sinless life, offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law. He does this in our name and on our behalf. Jesus is the end and the fulfillment of God's holy law. Every jot and tittle of the law has been fulfilled, Matthew 5:18. The life of Jesus was lived for our justification, Romans 3:26. This is why Paul could say... "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
The life of Christ was not enough for the salvation of fallen man. Something had to be done about his sins and the sins of the whole world. God requires a perfect sacrifice and a perfect atonement for our sins and the sins of the world. This is why..."He has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21. When Jesus died we died with him. This is why Paul wrote, "I have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live" Galatians 2:20. When Jesus came out of Joseph's new tomb, our new humanity came out with him. When Jesus ascended into heaven, we ascended with him.
God sees everything in his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus is God's new Adam and our new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. As far as God is concerned, sin, death and the devil have been destroyed by his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus has victoriously reconciled us and the world unto God the Father, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. The work of salvation is a finished work, we cannot add to it, nor can we take away from it. Our salvation is in a very safe place at the right hand of God in heaven. This Gospel calls all religious thought and all religions into question. If Jesus has saved us by his doing and his dying, then what good is any religion. Perhaps this is what Paul meant when he said, "The Just Shall Live By Faith" Romans 1:17. and not by rules, laws or religion.
