So this morning during my time spent with the Lord i was reading a passage in 2 Corinthians 5. I have heard quite a few messages in the past week that have been focusing on how the Gospel and the knowledge we have of Christ's work in the past present and future should motivate our love and obedience for the Lord. We can by no means love, serve, honor, obey, and glorify Christ on our own. Nothing we posses pushes us to the Father except for the Holy Spirit within us that places the desire in our hearts. The Gospel saves us but it is not the good news that alone justifies us as believers but it is the foundation of our very lives in which we are being sanctified day in and day out until we are called home to glory. The Gospel is not only for sinners until they are saved but it is the Gospel that carries and sustains the Christians life till the end of his journey on this earth.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 says this, "For the love of God controls us, because we have concluded this, that one has died for all, therefore all have died. And He died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for the sake died and raised."
I can admit that growing up up until this past year i have always looked at the Gospel as just a tool for evangelism and the lost world but understanding and grasping the real meaning of the Gospel has been life changing and enlightening. When you learn to see the Gospel as the foundation of the Christian life and see it as that which encompasses all that we do your view of God and especially the Scriptures radically changes. May we never let the Gospel just be for unbelievers but may we as believers chosen, called, loved, and sanctified by God embrace the Gospel as a treasure that we seek after everyday and never stop searching out it mysteries.
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