The Gospel
God has loved the world and sent His Son, who by dying and rising from the dead has purchased for us a whole new life, free from sin and the rebellious obsessions of this world.
He is victorious over all the death-directed drives of this present evil age.
He has triumphed over these forces and enabled us to walk in newness of life.
Proclaim
We are sent to announce a new life, set free from the bondage of sin, rebellion, sensuality, greed, lust, domination, and revenge.
We are sent to announce a life of joy, confidence, purity, chastity, generosity, and devotion to the truth rooted in love.
New life, the old order of sin is gone, a new life of freedom from sin is here!
Pushback
Some will not accept the Gospel. Many will be offended and want to convict Christians as disturbers of the peace.
Some people don’t like to have their sin and bondage called out as such. They prefer darkness to light, holiness, and freedom.
The soft Christianity of many today, who remove the cross and replace it with a pillow and who insist upon inclusion and affirmation to the exclusion of all else Is FALSE.
Continue Proclaiming
Many today insist that the Church soft-pedal the cross, that we use “honey, not vinegar.” No can do. We joyfully announce and uphold the paradox of the cross and must be willing to be a sign of contradiction to this world, which sees only pleasure and the indulgence of sinful drives as the way forward, that exalts freedom without truth or obedience, and calls good what God calls sinful.
Yes, the Church announces the cross
and admonishes a world obsessed with pleasure and with passing, fake happiness.
Be Strong
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.” So each of us shall give account of himself to God (Rom 14:10-12).
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