July 26, 2018
For this is the gospel
I passed on to you : that Christ died for our sins.., that he was buried, that
he was raised on the third day... 1Cor 15:3-4
The Gospel is either
the greatest lie or the most life changing truth --- and we can tell how true
it is in our lives by how much it changes our behavior.
Our behaviors don’t always match the facts, but usually
match our beliefs.
A pilot took off in his single-prop plane from a
Northeastern U.S. airport, and found itself in the fog common to the
region. Soon his sense of direction
became confused, and his plane started plunging to the ground, even though he
thought he was traveling parallel with it.
After the crash, the NTSB discerned his instruments were accurate, but
ignored, because the pilot did not believe them. His tragic end was because he behaved
according to his beliefs instead of the facts available to him.
Like that pilot, we also are navigating the spiritual
journey of our lives. We often find
ourselves flying through seasons of fog, and God provides to us the instruments
of His Word, His voice through prayer, and His saints to guide us properly. Most importantly, God gives us the Gospel as
our instrument of assurance to Trust Him.
Yet many people ignore the Gospel and prefer to fly based on their
beliefs.
The Gospel of Jesus was made simple and clear so that
EVERYONE could believe. It doesn’t take
a rocket scientist to figure out the message of God – we were made for God, we
became sinners, sinners cannot enter the Presence of a holy God, Jesus was
holy, He died in our place for our sin, we can accept His replacement as
payment for our sin and become holy, by believing we can enter the Presence of God.
Some don’t believe the Gospel. Some accept it as an option. Some believe about the Gospel, but don’t want
to believe IN the Gospel. Some believe
and are changed. Where do you stand with the Gospel? The way God knows we believe will be by our
behavior.
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