Gospel (Daily Devotional)

Welcome friends! Thank you for joining in, as we study God’s word together. We are going to talk about some of the things in scripture that have power, so that we can walk our lives powerfully in Jesus Christ and be victorious in everything that we need to do in our lives. Today, I want us to consider the gospel. The gospel simply means good news. Good news that God has saved us, good news that God deeply loves us and good news that God’s love is a love that paid a very heavy price for us. It is true love because it is sacrificial love. As we look at this good news, that the Lord Jesus Himself became the atoning sacrifice for us through who we are now forgiven, we can now have a right relationship with God because of whom we have eternal life. As we consider this, sometimes it causes us to wonder, why did God choose this path or this direction to give us salvation? Couldn’t there have been a different way of making this possible for mankind, redeeming mankind from the evil corruption of sin which exists in the world? Here is the reality, scriptures tell us and I quickly want to read for us a couple of verses, Romans chapter 1, verses 16 and 17, ‘For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”’ This is something that apostle Paul wrote to the Roman church. He is reminding them of the gospel of Christ, the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ and this is what he adds to it. He says, it is the power of God to salvation, to everyone who believes. Somehow, even though it seems mysterious, why God chose for Jesus to pay the price for us in such a way, the gospel is the power of God, it has the power of God to save people, to help them receive salvation. We have another scripture from 1 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 24, which again says, ‘but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.’ Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. In a simple language, we can say that Christ Jesus is God’s best idea for the problem of sin and through His sacrifice, we have received salvation and also eternal life. Now, this is the power of God, when we share about the love of Jesus with someone, we might wonder if they will be able to comprehend and receive what we are speaking to them, but here is the reality, God has made all of us as spiritual beings, so, even though there might be times when people want answers to their questions, the gospel is more than just an intellectual message, the gospel is a spiritual message. As we share the gospel, the good news about the Lord Jesus, we can be assured that it is making an impact in the lives of people because this is what the word of God tells us, it tells us that the gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. We have been given the power in the gospel message. So, don’t be ashamed of it, speak forth confidently knowing that for those who believe this message, is a message of power able to save their souls unto eternity. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gospel. We thank you that it is the gospel which has saved us and it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who hears and believes. Enable us to preach the gospel the way you have commissioned us, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

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