The heart of the Gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. The gospel is not a moral code, or religious sentiment. It is the divine proclamation that the thrice-holy God saves guilty Hell-deserving sinners freely, sovereignly, and eternally through the sin-atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cruel cross.
It is the gospel of grace unmerited and undeserved.
Grace authored salvation in eternity past.
Grace sent the eternal Son, clothed in frail humanity.
Grace sustained Him in Gethsemane,
nailed Him to the cross,
and raised Him in triumph.
That same grace now calls the unworthy,
convicts the hard-hearted,
converts the dead in sin,
and keeps them to the end.
This gospel lays man in the dust, and crowns Christ with glory.
It shuts every mouth and saves the worst of sinners.
It declares with finality, that salvation is of the Lord from beginning to end.
The condemned are pardoned.
The dead are made alive.
Rebels are adopted as sons and daughters of God.
Let us proclaim the gospel of grace with boldness,
treasure it with reverence,
and walk in its power daily.
The gospel is not man's achievement it is God's mercy. The gospel is the refuge of the desperate,
the song of the redeemed,
and the everlasting praise of Heaven.
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
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Romans 1:16-17 ... 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. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
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.
Ephesians 2:8 ... For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:❤
