the gospel.

matt chandler layed out what the gospel is the other day... so i just want to share it.

the triune god (three persons in one: father, spirit, son),

in perfect harmony

and out of an overflow of love,

birthed forth creation (all other creation narratives believe that the universe was birthed in angst out of a power struggle between gods)

and god creates everything to have a higher purpose,

everything is meant to create gratitude that flows out of our hearts into worship for his name (food we eat, marriage, sex, wine…).

 

but sin enters into the world and fractures creation and our relationship with god (causing those things: food we eat, marriage, sex, wine… to terminate on themselves and become insatiable, losing their taste.).

 

THEN god, in his ferocious holy love,

comes as a man and lives perfectly… sinlessly until he is arrested, beaten, and murdered.

and in his crucifixion,

all the requirements of the law are fulfilled for those who would believe,

and all the wrath toward sinners is absorbed in jesus Christ.

 

he goes into the ground.

three days later, god raises him from the dead. (the resurrection is the objective evidence that the law is fulfilled and all the wrath of god is spent.)

 

so that, if we would believe and place our faith in Christ and him alone as the forgiver of our sins

and we would repent,

we would have full life here on earth

and eternal life in our perfect union with god.

 

THAT IS THE GOSPEL.