The Gospel Concerning His Son

Q: What does the Bible say about justification by faith?

The Bible teaches that justification by faith means being declared righteous by God through faith in Jesus Christ, not by our works. The concept of justification by faith is a central theme in the New Testament, particularly in the book of Romans. Paul emphasizes that Abraham was justified not by works, but by believing God, which was counted to him as righteousness (Romans 4:3). This illustrates that justification is a free gift of God's grace. In Romans, Paul repeatedly underscores that salvation is not based on human effort or merit, but solely on faith in Jesus Christ, who provides the righteousness needed for our justification before God. This doctrine is essential for Christians as it assures us that our relationship with God is secure through faith alone and not through our own abilities or deeds.

Q: How do we know the gospel is true?

The truth of the gospel is affirmed through Scripture, historical evidence, and the transformative power it has on lives. The gospel is the good news concerning Jesus Christ, which is validated through prophetic fulfillment and the apostolic witness found in Scripture. In Romans 1:2, Paul mentions that the gospel was promised beforehand through the prophets, indicating that historical prophecies were fulfilled in Christ. The resurrection of Jesus, a pivotal event in Christian faith, confirms His identity as the Son of God and the power of His message. Additionally, the personal testimonies of transformation and salvation experienced by believers across ages serve as a powerful affirmation of the gospel's truth. Thus, through Scripture, history, and personal transformation, we find assurance in the truth of the gospel.

Q: Why is grace important for Christians?

Grace is crucial for Christians because it is through grace that we are saved and empowered to live a life pleasing to God. Grace is the unmerited favor of God toward sinners, which is foundational to the Christian faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 teaches that we are saved by grace through faith, which underscores that salvation is a gift and not something we can earn through our works. This grace not only grants us forgiveness but also empowers us for Christian living, equipping us to do good works as a response to His love. Understanding grace helps Christians to approach God with confidence, knowing that our relationship with Him is based on what Christ has done, rather than our imperfections. The importance of grace lies in its role in regeneration, sanctification, and ultimately, glorification of believers.

Q: What does believing God mean?

Believing God means trusting in His character and promises, aligning our faith with His truth. To believe God is to place our full trust in His nature, character, and promises as revealed in Scripture. This belief transcends mere acknowledgment of God's existence; it involves a heartfelt assurance in who He is and what He declares. As seen with Abraham, belief resulted in righteousness being credited to him (Romans 4:3). This kind of faith is relational and active, compelling us to rest in God’s promises even amid challenges. The essence of believing God transforms our lives, leading to obedience and deepening our relationship with Him. It is through this belief that we find peace, joy, and assurance in our salvation.

Q: How is salvation by faith different from salvation by works?

Salvation by faith emphasizes reliance on Christ’s sacrifice, whereas salvation by works attempts to earn favor through human efforts. The distinction between salvation by faith and salvation by works is foundational in Reformed theology. Salvation by faith teaches that individuals are justified before God solely through their faith in Jesus Christ, not based on their deeds or adherence to the law (Ephesians 2:8-9). This contrasts with the doctrine of salvation by works, which suggests that one can attain righteousness through personal effort, moral behavior, or ceremonial law-keeping. The latter approach ultimately leads to despair, as no one can fulfill the law perfectly. The gospel declares that Christ's righteousness is imputed to believers, affirming that it is through His works—His perfect obedience and sacrifice—that we are saved. Hence, faith assures believers that their salvation is secure in Christ alone, providing both peace and assurance.

His name, among whom are you
also the called of Christ Jesus. To all that be enrolled, the
loved of God, called to be saints, grace to you, grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, the
epistle to the Romans was not Paul's first epistle. There were
several epistles written before the book of Romans. Then why
is it placed first among the epistles of the New Testament?
Well, I believe perhaps for two reasons. the excellency of it. The excellency
of it. John Calvin once wrote, if a
man can gain a knowledge of this epistle, Romans, he has an entrance
open to him to all the hidden treasures of the word of God. We talk about the gospel according
to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. You want to learn the gospel
of God, read the gospel according to Paul, Romans. If I were to assign for your
study two books of the Bible concerning this glorious gospel
of God's grace, I'd tell you to spend a lot of time in the
gospel according to Isaiah. the most oft-quoted book in the
Old Testament. More references are made in the
New Testament to Isaiah than any other book in the Old Testament,
perhaps other than the Psalms. And then I would say read Romans. Don't just read it, study it. Study the book of Romans. The
second reason why it may be placed first among the epistles is this,
because of the subject of it. He gives us that subject right
here in verse 1. Paul, a bondslave of Jesus Christ,
called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God. That's
the subject matter of the book of Romans, the chief design.
The chief design of the apostle in this book is to set forth,
in a clear light, justification by faith. Justification by faith. Salvation, my friends, eternal
life, is not by works. Turn to Romans chapter 4, and
Paul takes Perhaps the most outstanding example of all, Abraham. And
he says in chapter 4, verse 1, What shall we say then that Abraham,
our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? What did
Abraham find? Well, he found righteousness,
didn't he? Well, if he were justified by
works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. But what
saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God. Abraham
believed God. Abraham didn't earn this righteousness
or merit this righteousness or deserved it. It was a free gift
of God because he believed God. He believed God and it was counted
to him. And this word counted, reckoned,
imputed, is used eleven times in this one chapter. Abraham had no righteousness
of his own. The righteousness is in Christ,
and he believed God, and this righteousness was reckoned, it
was counted, it was imputed to him, not by works, not by deeds,
not by law, not by merit, by faith. That's the theme of this
book, justification by faith. Eternal life is ours, not by
our works, not by our Deeds, not by ceremonies, not by religious
ordinances and duties. It's the free gift of God's grace
through the righteousness and blood of Jesus Christ. That's
where it is. That's what this book is all
about. Justification by faith. Abraham believed God. Abraham
believed God. Abraham believed God. Abraham
believed God. He didn't say he believed in
God. He believed Him. There's a difference in believing
in God. James says the devil believes
in God. The devil believes there is a
God. Abraham believed God. Can you believe God? Well, these
things were not written for Abraham's sake alone, but for us also,
to whom this righteousness shall be counted, reckoned, and imputed,
if we can believe God. There it is. That's what this
book's all about. The jailer asked Paul, what shall I do to
be saved? Well, Paul, here's your opportunity.
This man wants to know. He's trembling. He fell at the
feet of Paul. He recognized Paul to be a servant
of God, to know God, a man who was sent from God. He said, what
shall I do to be saved? Well, Paul, if this man needs
to be circumcised, tell him. If he needs to be baptized, tell
him. If he needs to do certain religious
requirements, tell him. Tell him. He's asking you now.
One question. What must I do? What's my part? What must I do to be saved? Well,
Paul answered him. And God recorded him. Believe. We've added a whole team of different
things to it. We say, believe and. It's not
believe and, it's believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord
said to Peter, when that time of his crucifixion drew
near, and he knew that Peter would fail, he knew that Peter
would fall, he knew that Peter couldn't stand the pressure,
and we would have done the same thing. This man was sitting by
a fire. There were no friends. Christ
had no friends in that company. There was no one standing for
the Son of God. He was alone. He walked the winepress
of God's wrath alone. And somebody said, well, this
guy's one of them. Peter said, no, I'm not. I mean, he didn't
want to die. No, I'm not. You remember the
story. Well, before it ever took place, our Lord said to Peter,
I prayed for you. I haven't prayed that you won't
fall. Your fall is going to be good for you. I haven't prayed that you won't
deny me. That's going to be good for you. It's going to take some
of the pride out of you. Don't you remember Peter was
the one who said, these other fellows may leave you, but I
won't. That had to come out of him. He's the only one that did. These other fellows may deny
you, but I won't. He had to deny Christ. He had
to. He had to fall. He had to be
broken. He had to be stripped. He had
to be humbled. And when the Lord uses a man,
he deals severely with him, very severely. The Lord doesn't engage
in slaps on the wrist. No, not at all. And Peter sat
there three times and denied. But our Lord knew this was coming
and had to come. It was for Peter's good. But
he said to him, I prayed for you, not that you won't follow,
not that you won't deny, that your faith fail not. That what's
in here, no matter how you act outwardly, I prayed for you that
what's in here may not fail. That's the key. That's the key. Paul summed it up in the book
of Acts, when he stood out there on that ship, and the thing was
sinking, and those experienced mariners, they said, we're going
to have to get off this thing, we're going to perish, we're
going to have to abandon ship. Paul said, stay right where you
are. Stay right where you are. It says, be of good cheer. Be
of good cheer. You don't be of good cheer when
your ship's sinking. But he said, be of good cheer.
Well, how can we be of good cheer? One reason. I believe God. That it shall be exactly as he
told me. Now, if you can come to that
place. Can you come to that place? I believe God. I can't explain
God. And I'll tell you, we make a
big mistake trying to. Luther said one time, one thing
I do not need is a God I can comprehend. If I could understand
God, God would be like me. And David wrote in the Psalms,
the Lord said, you've erred. You thought I was altogether
such a one as yourself. What I've got to do is not understand
God or comprehend God or be able to explain God, it's to believe
God. That's what Paul said, sir, I
believe. I believe, is it possible, I
wonder, turn with me to 1 Corinthians chapter 1. I wonder if this is
not maybe where we are today. I worry about this. I worry a
lot about this. Is it possible that those of
us who teach and preach, I wonder if we have with our
show of intellectualism and wisdom. have made the cross of Christ
of non-effect. Just believe in God. You know,
Paul feared that. He said, I fear lest the serpent
who beguiled our mother Eve should beguile you, and you'd be removed
from the simplicity of Christ. The simplicity of Christ. The
singleness of Christ. the oneness of Christ, this thing
of faith. In 1 Corinthians 1, 17, Paul
said, God didn't send me to baptize, to organize. God didn't send
me to circumcise. He sent me to what? Preach the
gospel. And not with wisdom of words,
not with flowery eloquence. Why? Lest the cross of Christ
should be made a non-effect. With wisdom of words and eloquence
of words, we get followers, but not of Christ, followers of us. I like this picture. I like that
one. He's flowery. He's eloquent. He's covering the cross with
so many words that nobody can see the way of God. Look at 1
Corinthians 2, verse 4. 1 Corinthians 2.4, my speech, my
preaching was not with enticing, persuasible words of man's wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Holy Spirit and of power, that your
faith should not stand in the wisdom of men. Faith in the wisdom
of men is faith that will fail. but in the power of God. Who
is the power of God? Christ is the power of God. He's
both the wisdom and the power of God. Could it be, could it
be in this day that there's more interest in how much we know
than whom we know? That's a problem, isn't it? We
like to boast of how indoctrinated we are. I'd much rather be regenerated. The Apostle Paul, he didn't say,
I know when I believed. He didn't say, I know what I
believed. I'm sure he did know. But he said, I know who I have
believed. And it concerns me that maybe
there's too much preaching to the head, not enough to the An old friend of mine used to
say to all of us young preachers, quit preaching to my head, preach
to my heart. For if you can reach my heart,
and God doesn't work apart from the intelligence, apart from
the head, I know that. But I tell you, the biggest monster
in the world is a big head and a little heart. And most of the
problems and conflicts in churches today fall at the feet of that
monster, Mr. Know-it-all. Mr. Know-it-all who has experienced
nothing. God hadn't done anything in his
heart. Is it possible to preach so much
to the head that intellectualism takes the wonder out of the cross?
Have you lost the wonder? Oh, the wonder of it all, the
wonder of it all. that God should love me. Oh, the wonder of it all, the
wonder of it all, that God should love me. Has our intellectualism
robbed us of the joy of believing? David reached that point one
time. He said, God restore unto me the what? The joy of my salvation. The joy of my salvation. Where
is the joy that once I knew, when first I found the Lord? Happy, joyful, rejoicing in the
Lord. Now we're in conflict with this
one, conflict with that one, trouble with this one, trouble
with that one. We're just a maze of troubles and conflict. Where
is your joy? Joy is a heart condition. He that increases knowledge increases
sorrow. Joy is a heart condition. This figuring things out is a
head problem. I wonder if we've lost the amazing
and amazing grace. We're preaching grace. Everybody's
preaching some kind of grace. Some kind of grace. Even fellows
that have preached in sovereign grace have lost the amazement
of it. Amazing grace, how sweet to say. It saved a wretch like me. I
once was lost, but now I'm found. I was blind, but now I see. That's
amazing. I tell you this, if you've lost
the wonder of it, and you've lost the joy of it, and you've
lost the amazement of it, You lost it. Because the letter of the law
kills, but the Spirit of Christ makes it alive. Give me the Spirit
of Christ. Give me the joy of Christ. I
had an algebra teacher in high school, Mrs. Johnson. She'd been teaching a long time,
one of those old experienced veterans. She was such a good
teacher. I liked her so well. I took algebra
and geometry and plane geometry and solid geometry and trigonometry,
believe it or not. Didn't have to, but she could
teach. Made good grades under her. But
she would assign us the least amount of math homework of any
of the other teachers. We had less problems to work
at home than any of the other students taking math. And what
she would say is this, I don't need to give you 40 problems
to work, I'm going to give you a few. And she'd say, spend a
long time on these few and learn what you're doing and how to
do it and why you're doing it. And if you get one problem that
you know why you're doing it, and what you're doing, and how
you're doing it, the rest is just practice. It's just practice. The rest
of it is just honing your skills. But
if I know what to do, and how to do it, and why I'm doing it,
the rest of it comes easy. And this is what I'm saying about
this thing of believing Christ. I believe a lot of folks are
working 40 problems that don't know how to do the first one. And they're getting them all
wrong. If a man can find out who God is, and he doesn't need
a whole Bible to find that out either, if one verse, one truth,
one verse, one statement from God ever comes home to him, if
he finds out who God is in his majesty and holiness and power,
if he ever finds out who God is, just discovers that truth,
just comes up on that truth, suddenly it dawns on him in whose
presence he stands, God Almighty. And if he ever learns who he
is, who he is by birth, by nature, by practice, what I am, who I
am, My needs, my faults, my failures, my inability, my lostness. I'm a sinner. That's all these
people said who came to Christ, God be merciful to me. They didn't
say they were quick in sinners, awake in sinners, disturbed sinners,
learnings. They just said sinners. I think in qualifying sin, we've
made people other things than just sinners. I'm a sinner. The thief on the cross told our
Lord, he said, what I'm getting I deserve. He found out what
he was. He didn't graduate from any seminary,
but he found the Lord. The man found out who Christ
is. Who is Jesus Christ? What did he do? Why did he do
it? Where is he now? The man can
believe. Believe God. Believe Christ. The rest is just added joy and
blessings. That's all. Just come to the... You know, I saw a sign there
that said, All I ever need to learn, I learned in kindergarten.
You read that, that's one of the most interesting things.
Everything I ever need to know, I learned in kindergarten. To
keep my mouth shut. To pick up my toys. To be nice
to people. To wash my hands. to keepin'
the lines when I color. That's all I ever needed to learn. I learned in kindergarten. The
rest of it's just addin'. That's right. Read it sometime, it's interesting.
The rest of it's just puttin', addin' on to the what's enough.
And if you ever learn Christ, learn Christ. Learn Christ. But we've got a bunch of theologians
that miss Christ. Charles Spurgeon was raised in
a preacher's home. His grandfather was a famous
preacher. Charles Spurgeon's background,
he was a scholar. He was brilliant. He had a photographic
mind. He remembered everything he read. His grandmother used to give
him a pence, whatever that is, I don't know, it's a small amount
of money, cent, pence, for memorizing hymns. He'd memorize all four
or five stanzas of a hymn, she'd give him a pence. He got to memorizing
so many he was breaking the deal, old lady. She started giving
him a pence for every five hymns he memorized. Everything he read
he remembered. He was raised in that home, a
scholar, when he was sixteen years of age, and a young man
who was interested in spiritual things. He wanted to know God,
but he didn't know God. He said, I knew all the doctrines, but
I didn't know God. I knew the hymns by memory, but
I didn't know God. One Sunday, he was on his way
to the little Presbyterian church where he attended, and there
was a snowstorm. And he saw it was going to be
late. And he said, I wouldn't dare
walk in a worship service late. I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't
dishonor God that way. I'd never be late for an appointment
with God. And I wouldn't disturb other
people's worship when they were worshiping God. So he stopped
in a little primitive Methodist chapel on the way to where he
was going to church. He saw he wasn't going to get
there on time, so he stopped in this little primitive Methodist
chapel. The pastor wasn't there that Sunday. One of the men of
the church was preaching. The pastor couldn't get there
on account of the snowstorm. And this man was an unlearned,
well, certainly not unlearned, he was intelligent, unschooled. He had no theological training or
background. But he got up that morning and
preached on Isaiah 45. There weren't but 10 or 15 people
there. And he kept saying, look unto
me, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there's none
else. Look unto me and be ye saved. Look unto me. And he looked back. Spurgeon
told about this. He said, he looked at me and
said, young man, you look so miserable. Why don't you look
to Christ? And he said it was just like
God opened the curtain. And I said it wasn't in all of
my theology and my studies and all of these things have their
place. But salvation is looking to Christ, believing on Christ. And he said I looked. And from
that moment I lived. This is difficult to believe,
but John Gill was one of the most, he was the son of Edward
Gill, one of the most brilliant, brilliant men of his day. By
age eleven, I get this, by age eleven, he had gone through all
the common school books of his day. Secondly, he had mastered the
principal Latin classics, age eleven. And he was proficient in the
Greek language. And he used to go down to the
bookseller's shop and discuss theology with all of the pastors
of the neighborhood, but didn't know God. And he said he was reading the
scripture and came across this simple question, Adam, where
art thou? Where are you? Adam, where art
thou? And he said, that came home to
my heart. Where am I? Where am I in reference
to God? Where am I in relationship to
God? I'm lost. I need help. And all of these
things are not helping me find God. I've got to turn to Him
by faith. Another preacher friend of mine
who has five earned degrees, one's a Ph.D. told me his father was a pastor. He grew up in the church. He
was there all the time. He heard all the teaching and
all the theology and all the lessons. But he said, my head
was just full of knowledge, just full of it. And he said, one
day my dad brought a message in which he read this simple,
plain scripture. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
he that seeth the Son, and believeth on him, hath everlasting life."
And he said, I saw, it's not in my memorization and all of
my theology and all these things that I try to learn, it's in
learning Christ, looking to Christ, it's seeing the Son, believing
on him. Brother Herrington, I see Herrington
who printed most all of A. W. Pink's books, was in his forties,
late thirties, living in Cleveland, Ohio. A religious student, a
student of theology, and a publisher of religious books, and a follower
of Gaberline, Schofield, and all of those fellows in their
strong pre-millennial dispensational views. And he said, Arthur W.
Pink wrote to me. I think he was down in Spartanburg,
South Carolina at that time, I'm not certain. But he said,
Pink wrote to me and asked me if I'd print a book
called The Sovereignty of God. And he said, I wrote back to
Mr. Pink and he said, I don't know what you're talking about.
What is The Sovereignty of God? Now here's a man in religion. This Saul of Tarsus is 40 years
old. Steeped in, learned in, schooled
in religion. Law, religion, duties, ceremonies,
doctrine, all of it. Didn't know Christ. He met the
Lord Jesus. One revelation. One revelation. The revelation, Jesus Christ.
And Herod was in the same boat. He didn't even know what the
sovereignty of God was. Imagine that. The sovereignty
of God is the character of God. It's the power of God. It's the
strength of God. It's the majesty of God. The
sovereignty is the glory of God. Moses said, show me your glory.
He said, alright, here it is. I'll be merciful to whom I will.
That's my glory. And he said, Mr. Pink wrote back
to me. and quoted one verse of scripture. What would you and
I have done? Brother, we would have sent him Lorraine Bettner's
book on Reform, Doctrine and Predestination. We would have
written out so many scriptures. We would have flooded that man.
We would have covered him over. We would have put him in a worse
shape than he was in then. Mr. Pink sent him, John, one
verse of scripture. He wrote one verse of scripture.
John 6, 44. No man. Cain, and underscored Cain three
times, come to me, except my father would certainly draw him.
He said, that Mr. Herringdean is the sovereignty
of God. And Herringdean said, it was
amazing. He said, I'd read that, but I'd
never seen it. Oh, to learn the simplicity of
Christ. Oh, to learn it in the heart.
This is a heart matter. It's a heart matter. And I tell
you, he said, my son, you give me your heart. If I have your
heart, I have everything else. Keep thy heart out of any of
the issues of life. That's where it is. We've got
folks regimented and controlled, and we're checking on their flesh,
but we can't check on their hearts, and that's where their problem
is. You can send your elders around
to all the homes to investigate and inquire and question, but
you can't see the heart. That's where the problem is. And some of the folks that seem
the most religious and the most dedicated are the most lost. Keep thy heart out of the issues
of life. My son, give me your heart. As
a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. If thou shalt confess
with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, and believe in thine heart, God
raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. I love doctrine. I've given 40
years now to studying. I've got books in there and books
at home. I love books. You do too. But I tell you when
the doctrines live, when you learn that they're not doctrines,
they're the doctrine of Christ. And you don't arrive at Christ
through doctrine. You arrive at doctrine through
Christ. If you're going to make a study of doctrine, you're starting
on the wrong end, because you cannot arrive at Christ through
doctrine. If you can learn Christ, you
can learn the doctrine. And I'll tell you this, learning
is a joy. We have Bible studies here. We're
going through the Old Testament now, pictures of Christ. We've
gone through every verse in the epistles and the 21 epistles
of the New Testament, learning is a joy when you learn of Him. He said, take my yoke upon you
and learn of Me, and you'll find rest to your soul if you learn
of Me. Searching the Scriptures is profitable
only when you discover they are they which testify of Me. That's
right. It's only profitable. Searching
the scriptures didn't profit the Pharisees one thing. He said, you search the scriptures,
in them you think you have life. There they would testify of me.
Wisdom is to be coveted. Wisdom is to, I covet wisdom.
If God told Solomon, ask me anything you want, ask me. Here it is. Solomon said, Lord, give me wisdom. Somebody said knowledge and wisdom
are different. Knowledge is the horse. Wisdom
is the driver. And a horse without a driver
is a dangerous thing. That's right. A horse, unguided, unchecked,
you better move out of the way. And this knowledge There's some
folks got some knowledge and they're absolutely destroying
people. Destroying them. Killing them. And they don't care who either. Put a bit in that horse's mouth
and put the reins in the hands of a skilled rider and you've
got a useful animal. Knowledge controlled by wisdom. God give me wisdom. But I tell you, you're going
to find out that that wisdom is Christ. He's the wisdom of
God. Of God are you in Christ Jesus
who has made unto us wisdom. Spurgeon told about an old preacher
named Dr. Geise. He was a theologian. He was an expert on every doctrine. He was a fellow that not only
split hairs, he quartered them. And he pastored this church for
20 years. This is a true story. He pastored
this church for 20 years. The people were pressed down. All they got was an hour of doctrine,
Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday, doctrine, theology,
the whys and the wheres and the wherefores. One Sunday morning,
he got up with his manuscript and put it before him, and what
I'm telling you is true, put it before him and started to
go through that manuscript, just like that, he lost his eyesight,
totally blind. He died blind. He went totally
blind, standing there in the pulpit. Well, the manuscript was gone. And tears streamed down the cheeks
out of those sightless eyes. He couldn't see to read anymore. And Spurgeon said that morning,
he just opened his heart to that congregation and preached to
them Christ. The glory of Christ, the beauty
of Christ, the comfort of Christ, the joy of Christ, the hope of
Christ. They had a revival. Their spirits
were lifted. Joy filled that place. The wonder
of Christ as that stricken preacher preached out of his heart that
morning for the first time in 20 years. And after they finished his message,
he told two of his deacons that had to help him. And then one
came up and got on this arm, one came up and got on hold of
that one, and they started leading him down the steps. And one of
the men on the front row, the congregation heard him say,
what a pity. What a pity. He didn't go blind
twenty years ago. What a pity. Oh, I tell you, let me look at
my text one more time and I'll quit. Paul, Romans 1, 1. Paul, no titles,
no pretense, no vainglory, no human honors. Paul, a servant of Jesus
Christ, called of God to be an apostle, I'm obsessed with and
separated and dedicated to the gospel of God. Verse 2 is in
parenthesis, which he promised to forward by his prophets in
the Holy Scripture. That's just saying this is no
new gospel, this is the gospel of Abraham and all the prophets.
Lift that parenthetical statement out, just lift it out, just as
if it's not even there. And read verse 1 and verse 3. Separated to the gospel of God,
it's concerning his son. That's what the gospel is concerning,
his son, concerning his son. Jesus Christ, our Lord, which
was made of the seed of David, concerning his humanity. He was
declared to be the son of God with power, concerning his deity.
According to the spirit of holiness concerning his righteousness.
By the resurrection of the dead, it's concerning his resurrection.
By whom we have received grace, it's concerning his mercy. Our
grace comes from Christ. His righteousness, his blood.
And apostleship. It's concerning Christ. That's
what the gospel is. And oh, if I could do Just one
thing this morning, I do like that faithful old primitive Methodist preacher that Sunday morning,
I'd point you to Christ. I'd say, look and live. Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ. If you can lay hold of Christ,
the rest of it will be joy and peace and blessings. God will
reveal so many good things to you. so many good things, but
that's where it starts.

The Gospel Concerning His Son

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What does believing God mean?

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The Gospel Concerning His Son

What does the Bible say about justification by faith?

How do we know the gospel is true?

Why is grace important for Christians?

What does believing God mean?

How is salvation by faith different from salvation by works?

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