The gospel is not about man’s accomplishments...religion’s
accomplishments...nor denomination’s accomplishments. The gospel is not about
achievement accolades...achievement recognition...nor achievement awards. The
gospel is not Anglican...Methodist...Salvation Army...Baptist...Pentecostal...or
Roman Catholic...nor any of the other thousands of identity tags that floods the
religious world. The gospel is not about preaching polished sermons to receive
the applause of men...The gospel is not about pointing out the sin of people and
fear-mongering the hell out of them...The gospel is not about the latest
ideologies or denominated philosophies taught in seminaries to produce
denominated spokes-persons to regurgitated denominational idealogies.
The
gospel is about what GOD has ACHIEVED and ACCOMPLISHED through JESUS’ LIFE,
DEATH and RESURRECTION! The gospel is about WHO JESUS IS...WHAT JESUS DID...and
WHAT JESUS IS DOING, The gospel is NOTHING MORE OR LESS THAN “JESUS” THE GRACE
GIVER!
Well...read it for yourself.
In the same way, my brothers,
when I came to proclaim to you God’s secret purpose, I did not come equipped
with any brilliance of speech or intellect. You may as well know now that it was
my secret determination to concentrate entirely on Jesus Christ and the fact of
his death upon the cross. As a matter of fact, in myself I was feeling far from
strong; I was nervous and rather shaky. What I said and preached had none of the
attractiveness of the clever mind, but it was a demonstration of the power of
the Spirit! Plainly God’s purpose was that your faith should not rest upon man’s
cleverness but upon the power of God. (1 Cor. 2:1-5)
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