The other day I heard on the radio something that I have been meditating on since. "The Gospel is not the A,B,C's of the our faith it is the A to Z of our faith." Many times our church has been accused of being shallow when it comes to preaching and that we should preach the deep things of God. Sadly I believe these people have believed the myth that The Gospel is just the elementary things of God when in fact The Gospel permeates everything we need to know and should know. Think about it Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again for my sin. Without this everything would be a farce, with Christ everything the Bible teaches would lose it's meaning and significance. Without Christ our faith is meaningless and hopeless because everything we believe stems from Him. The reason I follow the Word of God is because of Christ, the reason I live out my faith is because of Christ, the reason I do anything of eternal value is because of Christ. Without Christ I would be just existing, but with Him I am living life to the fullest.
Father help me never to take for granted the good news of Jesus Christ and what He has done for me. May I never fall prey to the empty belief that The Gospel is good for me at the point of salvation but rather help me to find the significance of it in every area of my life.
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