What is the Gospel, the Good News?
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Mark 1:14, Matthew 4:23, Matthew 24:14
That will surprise most as the Gospel is not about Jesus, not about Love, not about Law, not about Faith, not about Proof, not about the Law.......alone.
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. Mark 4:30-32
So we know Jesus came preaching something called the Gospel, and it was about the Kingdom of God, but what is the Kingdom of God?
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. I Corinthians 15:50
So the Kingdom of God is not something which a mere human can inherit, so what is the access to this Kingdom or Gospel?
John 1:12; But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name:
It is something given a Gift from God then, in only those who are children of God, may enter into this Spiritual Kingdom which God empowers those who believe on Jesus Name for their only redemption and salvation.
There is reason God put 4 Gospels in the Bible. It is the reason Paul in this doctorates argues with the most brilliant Judahite minds of his day, and why James is a rod to correct and John is always a Mothers Love.
It is because some people require proof and some people require Faith.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29.
Does Jesus condemn doubting Thomas for requiring legal proof? No, but Jesus says those are empowered who have believed this Promise of His Plan of Salvation.
One of the most stirring confessions is the "by Faith" lineage in the New Testament which again and again, repeats that by Faith the people God chose believed in a Promise of Salvation for this creation of the Kingdom of God, this Body of Christ, which his summed up in Paul's gentle explanation to the Hebrews, those 10 tribes exiled and moving through Europe at the time which James even addresses his message too, part of which would in God's sifting settle the Mannaseh group of Joseph into America, to fulfill the blessings Jacob laid on the eldest son in putting his name upon he lad.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Hebrews 11:2
The evil report is one of unbelief in God, even when the Promised Land is before the people.
Do you know what you get when you compartmentalize the Gospel?
Look at the examples of a Gospel without Redemption, you get Islam, a religion void of hope, love and compassion. A religion which throws it's children out to the world when they do not march to exact step to a Law which condemns all and no one can live up to.
Catholicism is a religion of a government about God headed by a select few who deemed forgiveness and judgment was their propriety, and burned the innocent at the stake.
Baptists in a religion are one of the elders deciding what teacher may lead them, by their judgments and without training as Christ trained the disciples.
German Lutherans are so regimented in their qualifications that it keeps the Inspired from the pulpit and the people lack.
Jehovah's Witnesses as much as Mormons create their own transpired dogma akin to the Latin Vulgate in what fits their motives in controlling people of the few leading and the many blindly following.
There can be not compartmentalization of the Gospel, for it is all things, it is Law fulfilled and Redemption completed in Promise. It is a father being the example of the Heavenly Father in not rejecting a child at their most needed moment, because the child was growing in that Law and searching for the Way.
A witness can be a 100 times expounded upon in works of Faith, for Faith without works is dead, but works that one bases an entire life on, yields a Judgment from the Christ who will point out a hundred thousand failings.
You may keep the Law, but lose the child entrusted, which is the destruction not of the Law, but of God's Plan of Salvation.
The Gospel is about Adam joining Eve in sin, so Redemption could be birthed through her, the very vessel which satan chose to destroy humanity.
The Gospel is about David by adoption being brought into the Christ Throne in a rare God Inspired Covenant with Prince Jonathan.
The Gospel is about Ruth forsaking her foreign land and coming to a new land where God dwelt to give her young body to an aging Boaz, so Christ's lineage was one of Faith and works together.
The Gospel is about the Virgin Mary, believing in thee most incredible and dangerous of things to be an unwed woman and pregnant, and accepting God's mission for her.
The Gospel is about Mary Magdalene even in the Lord's death, abiding with Him in fervent love when all the others had fled.
The Gospel is about Peter cursing and denying Jesus to save his own life, and Jesus redeeming that betrayal which Peter never allowed to happen again.
The Gospel is about children coming to God as they are, without law degrees, huge financial accounts, fame, standing or position.
The Gospel is about all things, for all things make up the Body of Christ Who is transforming this group of children of the Light into something this world can not contain, for the Way, the Truth and the Life can not be contained in this world.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. I Corinthians 1:17
The wise and learned are caught in their ecclesiastical ropes when a proverbial Wisdom and understanding is the requirement in Christ. One can lay down any measure they care in quantity as religions do this in wine or grape juice, thinking they have become more moral in it.
The reality is that Anyone who Believes that Jesus is the Incarnate Creator as the Thought of the Father, came to this world with a New Covenant or Testament of Life, and believing that coming brings redemption to them to become children of God, becoming baptised in not water only but in the necessary washing and regeneration of the Holy Ghost, will be saved.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; Mark 16;16
People can make this difficult as myriads have for thousands of years, and it harms people to being told they do not measure up, and they are harmed greatly by reverting to sins to appease the pain of rejection and then comdemn themselves for sin thrust upon them.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. I John 3:20
God chose a shepherd boy, a foreign woman, a man who stuttered, a bald man and a little girl for His plans, because of their hearts which God examines. They were simply abiding in moral codes disciplining themselves in hating evil, and were not on thrones, teachers colleges or leading armies.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. John 3:16
People must discern in separating themselves out from actions and people who are not on the Way intended for them, because there is wheat and chaff, food and poison, nectar and toxins, which God will only allow the children into His Kingdom and discarding the refuse.
It is a complete Gospel, in which not one part is greater than the sum, but the sum creates the greater part for the Whole family of God.
This is about family. Fathers and Husbands, helping their wives in all things and not making the women uphold the burden. This is about Mothers and Wives assisting that leadership in moral conduct. This about parents nurturing the children God entrusted them to be raised in Love as much as Law, protecthing them unless they become discouraged. This is about children respecting parents who are living in accordance with God's will and praying for those who do not to fulfill their responsiblities as God intends.
The Gospel is the Family of the Elohim, Father, Son and Holy Ghost transfigured into the body of God in human children being transformed who accept the walk of Faith.
No one is perfect in this world, but everyone is justified in Faith and made holy or set apart by that Faith for God to redeem and work through. Jesus is the perfection and only by Him can anyone return to the God source of our lives.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8, 9
We can not save others. We are responsible for ourselves alone with God, and living in that Way of Moral Life become an example for the sinner to leave sin, if they choose.
The Gospel is a living thing, for it is of living beings, who choose to accept a simple message that if you believe in Jesus as your only means to salvation, change from hurting people by your self indulgences, are regenerated by the Holy Ghost to become Spiritual, and then continue on in allowing the Law to temper you as you grow in God's Love, you obtain the Gift of Life from God to become His children for eternity.
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Romans 4:2, 3
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ruth, David, all believed in the Promise of the Gospel and were justified. Mary, Peter, John believed that Promise of the Gospel came in Christ and were justified. All people living from Franklin Graham to this humble blogger, who believe that Gospel are justifed in Faith of an event which happened.
This is a triangultion point, a mixing of the solid, the liquid and the vapour of Reality, Belief and Faith.
Hebrews 11:4, By Faith.........
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