Nothing but the Gospel
There is nothing wrong in talking about your testimony when sharing the Gospel. Just be careful about where you place them.
For you or we are not the message
We talk about the experiences of Jesus Christ
We speak about the one who is the perfect one, for we are not perfect
outside him. We are God`s messenger on this earth. And as a messenger, we deliver the message. The messenger is not the message.
He is the only one who can save us. He died so that we may live.
Nothing but the Gospel 2Cor 2:14: 14 Now thanks be to
God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. One thing we should understand from this verse is that our victory in Christ is God’s own way of showing that He has also won
It shows that we are God’s success story; we are God’s attraction. What do you know about Christ if you say you are a believer?
What is the knowledge you have about Christ?
What information do we have about your Saviour ut the?
We have to explain the impact of Christ death, burial and resurrection to those we are preaching the Gospel.
Jesus Christ died that you may not go to hell, based on love and faith.Nothing but the Gospel
What then qualify you to share the Gospel?
The Spirit of God dwelling in you.
The message of the Spirit is about Christ, the testimony of Christ.
The Holy Spirit preach and testify about Jesus Christ. We ought to share just the testimony of Christ while preaching the Gospel to others.
For that is the message of the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit play a major work in the place of preaching.
The Holy Spirit bears witness of Jesus Christ
Even the Son of Man in his humanity cannot do the work of the Holy Spirit. Instead, the Holy Spirit is confirming the work of Christ on earth
When preaching the Gospel, as Paul made it clear in 1 Cor 2 :1-4;
We should rely only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
We must not package the message into a bubble ream.
The Gospel has already been set.
Hence, there should be no excuse.
In the message of the Gospel, we are seeing God’s righteousness, and not our righteousness.
The Gospel of God is coming to sinners, the Gospel of God is brought to sinners by us.
The Gospel of God is telling the sinner to come as you are, for God has already made a way through Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ has already made us right in God’s sight, come as you are.
Luke 24:47: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
The remission of sin is the forgiveness of sin, which is the message that we share.
The message is what God has done through Christ Jesus.
God is working through the words that we preached and the word is working through God
We cannot separate God from the message that we preached
He is in the message
God is a fellow labourer with through the message
When Jesus gave his Disciples in Meth 28:18-20 or Mark 16:15-20
He gave the Himself
So, we are not just messenger of the message but also messenger of a person in the message
Nothing but the Gospel
So, don`t be afraid to preach the Gospel
You are perfect in Christ Jesus and you don`t have to be knowledgeable enough to shear the Gosepl
Apostle Paul said in 1 Cor 2:1-5 And as for myself,
brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.
