Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Zoom in; Zoom out

Some read the New Testament and they take a broad view of the Gospel.  They see the Gospel including social justice, healing the sick, release of captives, etc.  Others see the Gospel with a zoomed in view.  You may say the first is the Gospel of the kingdom and the second is the Gospel of the cross. 
Let me be clear; there is only one Gospel.  The only way is by the cross.  The Gospel of the kingdom flows out of the Gospel of the cross.  You cannot be in the kingdom by climbing over the fence, you must come in by the cross.  You cannot have the Gospel of the kingdom without the Gospel of the cross. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just browsing and meditating at Dublin Airport, waiting to board in just over an hour, and came across this article of R. c. Sproul ... it both elaborates and 'zooms in' on what the Gospel is! Worth the short read...
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/what-gospel/

Gord