Why is it so hard sometimes to be clear about exactly what the ‘gospel’ is? On the one hand we talk about it being the good news of our salvation (Rom1.16), on another Paul can talk about it as something that has been proclaimed to ‘every creature under heaven’ (Col1.23), but how can they be the same thing? One is a propositional statement - Good news; the other seems to be understood by such creatures as small fish and spiders, how can they be the same thing? Or is the gospel something really much bigger, that we sometimes pick aspects of to focus on, but that always far transcends them all?
As the ‘Word of God’ is both the man Jesus Christ, and the testimony about him, is it not possible, nay, likely, that the Gospel is both the incredible blessing for the world that the man Jesus is, and also the testimony about what he has done?
If we are people who believe this Gospel, let’s at least be clear about what it is that we believe. Are we people who know something? Or are we people who know someone? And being clear, let’s be people who are filled with an inexpressible delight that shapes and changes everything it touches.
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