Formed by the Gospel

Published: Oct. 17, 2020, 10 a.m.

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When we view the Gospel in a man-centered way we stop being formed BY it and instead we use it as just another tool for our own self-fulfillment, self-help, and to achieve our own social ends \\u2013 and the message becomes \\u2013 \\u201cGod is good. We\\u2019re all good. Let\\u2019s just feel good and do good.\\u201d \\u2013 THIS is a total distortion of the true Gospel.
The Gospel is the good news that God, the Holy and Righteous Author of life, looked upon a rebellious people with love and sent Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, into history to reconcile a people to himself by living a perfectly righteous life, dying on the cross for our sins, and rising from the dead conquering sin, death, and evil so that all who believe in Jesus will receive new and eternal life by his grace and have everlasting joy in his Kingdom.

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