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What is the gospel
It's the most important question you could ever ask with the most significant answer you could ever receive
The gospel is an announcement
It's not good advice
It's good news
Good news about freedom and forgiveness for bad and broken people
The gospel is not something you do for God, but something he did for you
The gospel is simple, yet profound, so basic that even a child can comprehend it yet so deep that no scholar, author, or philosopher could ever uncover the full scope of its depth and riches
The gospel is beautiful
It is light in your darkness
Strengthen your weakness, hope and your hurting grace for your guilt, mercy for your misery, healing for your soul, joy for all people
The gospel is shocking
Innocence in the place of righteousness, holiness in the place of shame, son of God and the place of sinful man, God without honor, Lord without breath,
The gospel is about Jesus Christ
Born in a manger and raised by a carpenter, tempted by Satan, but filled with a spirit, baptized by his cousin and affirmed by his father, questioned by leaders, but loved by outsiders, befriended by sinners, betrayed by his friend, respected by some, rejected by most, crucified for all
Buried in a borrowed grave, resurrected on the third day
The gospel is a gift, costly for God, but free to you
Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, but a gift for the guilty
It cannot be earned and it cannot be lost
The gospel is about grace
No one is so good that they don't need it, and known is so bad they can't have it
The gospel is not just a clean slate, it's a final verdict, not guilty
The gospel is about strength, that no enemy can defeat peace, that no suffering can steal hope that no storm can wash away
My hope is built on nothing less and nothing more than Jesus, blood and righteousness
The gospel is about God
He is infinite and unparalleled
He is strong and gentle
He's the king of heaven, Lord of armies, the healer of hearts and the light of the world
The gospel is about you, your move, not clean up your act, but come as you are because Christianity isn't acting like you have it all together, but admitting that you don't,
That is the gospel