FOOD FOR THE CHARIOTS THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER, 2014 THEME: UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE GOSPEL Of JESUS CHRIST SCRIPTURE: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-4 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospelw I preached to you,x which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved,y if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3For what I receiveda I passed on to youb as of first importancea: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,d 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, When we talk about the gospel, many think its about telling people good things and encouraging those that are down and afflicted. The Holy Ghost said to me many of us christians dont understand the true meaning of the gospel so many are not preaching it. Today we share with you what the true Gospel is. The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. The word “gospel” literally means “good news.” But to truly comprehend how good this news is, we must first understand the bad news. As a result of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:6), every part of man—his mind, will, emotions and flesh—have been corrupted by sin. Because of man’s sinful nature, he does not and cannot seek God. He has no desire to come to God and, in fact, his mind is hostile toward God (Romans 8:7). God has declared that man’s sin dooms him to an eternity in hell, separated from God. It is in hell that man pays the penalty of sin against a holy and righteous God. This would be bad news indeed if there were no remedy. But in the true gospel, God, in His mercy, has provided that remedy, a substitute for us—Jesus Christ—who came to pay the penalty for our sin by His sacrifice on the cross. This is the essence of the gospel which Paul preached to the Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, he explains the three elements of the gospel—the death, burial and resurrection of Christ on our behalf. Our old nature died with Christ on the cross and was buried with Him. Then we were resurrected with Him to a new life (Romans 6:4-8). Paul tells us to “hold firmly” to this true gospel, the only one which saves. Believing in any other gospel is to believe in vain. In Romans 1:16-17, Paul also declares that the true gospel is the “power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes” by which he means that salvation is not achieved by man’s efforts, but by the grace of God through the gift of faith (Ephesians 2:8-9). Beloved, the Gospel is all about the man and saviour Jesus and the sa. A true gospel must speak about the death, burial and the ressurection of our Lord Jesus Christ being the only true way we can be save as the bible says salvation is found in no one else except through Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the son of the living God. Act 4:12. This is what the world needs to be save before any other encouraging and transforming words from the bible. May God give us the understanding and the boldness to speak about Jesus to the whole world. PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I thank you for what you have done for me through your death, burial and ressurection which has given me eternal life. This has become the true gospel that the rest of the world must hear so as to believe in order to be save. I am committed in witnessing this truth to the world. Give me boldness and understanding.
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