1 Corinthians 15.3-4
For I delivered to you as of first importance
what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures…
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‘Gospel’ is a word, but ‘Gospeling’ isn’t its verb form, but it should be, because the Gospel is alive and active. As a matter of fact, the Gospel is called “the power of God,” and God’s power is action-packed, and the Gospel is at work inside every believer. Even as a believer, I am in need of my heart being evangelized by the Gospel. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Roman church, “I am eager to preach the Gospel to you” (Romans 1.15). The Greek word used for that phrase “preach the Gospel” is the word “euangelizo,” which of course is where we get “evangelize.” Paul wanted to evangelize to Christians! Why? Because we are all in constant need of having the Good News of Jesus Christ preached to our hearts and minds each day. It is not just for non-believers!
The Gospel is not
the ABC’s of the Christian life,
but the Gospel is
the A-Z of the Christian life.
-Tim Keller
2 Peter 1.13-15 and 3.1 says that it is right for him to stir up his Christian readers “by way of reminder,” so that we can always recall the truths of the Gospel, and Paul told the Corinthian believers that it was of “first importance.” Though I am born again, I get discouraged, I listen to awful self-speak, I listen to the false “gospels” of the world, I neglect my reading of the Word, I get caught up in emotions that can steer me afoul, and I can also get caught up in transactional, empty religiosity that minimizes God to simply being my boss or an impersonal being with a long list of rules and condemnation or even a genie in a bottle. I need the true, simple Gospel every day.
The cross is not an event to leave,
nor a starting line,
but it is the path itself.
-Kyle Strobel
I should never “graduate” from the Gospel. I need this truth to be what empowers, equips, and shapes me every single day. I have to ask myself, what has been gospeling me lately? What or who has been influencing me the most? Is it my fear of the future, or other circumstances? Or maybe it’s my emotions or personal preferences, or plans and desires I have for my life. Why do those things have the ability to disciple me the way that they do? The Gospel of Jesus Christ frees me from being a slave to all of these.
Read Again Out Loud and Make it into a Prayer:
1 Corinthians 15.3-4
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Nailed to the Cross
Rend Collective
Personalize and Read or Pray Aloud:
When I stand accused by my regrets,
And the devil roars his empty threats
I will preach the Gospel to myself
That I am not a man condemned
For Jesus Christ is my defense
My sin is nailed to the cross,
My soul is healed by the scars
The weight of guilt I bear no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
When my doubt and shame hang over me
Like the arrows of the enemy
I will run again to Calvary
That rugged hill of hell’s defeat
My fortress and my victory
It is finished, sin is vanquished
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
All the glory, all the honor
To my Savior, Christ the Lord!
When I stand before the throne at last
His blood will plead my innocence
I will worship Him with holy hands
And raise the song that never ends
Of Jesus Christ, my righteousness
My sin is nailed to the cross,
My soul is healed by the scars
Now I’m alive forevermore,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
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Pray Aloud:
Father, be glorified in __________ ,
let Your Kingdom and will be done,
in and through __________
as it is in Heaven.
Give _________ daily bread,
and thank You for Your forgiveness.
Help me to forgive others,
as I know that You have forgiven me.
Keep __________ eyes fixed on You
and Your Word so that _______
may not sin against You.
Thank You for Your sovereign love.
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