The Gospel and Everything Good
How they are connected.
There can be no
<insert anything good here>
without the gospel first being central in our lives.
Skeptical?
Let’s try it.
There can be no love,
no faith,
no rest,
no meaning,
no joy,
no hope,
no perseverance,
no purpose in sacrifice,
no reason to get to work on time or in doing one’s best
— if there is no timeless good news first.
The gospel reveals God’s love in a tangible way when Jesus elects to die on the cross. Read the account carefully and understand he gave his life up freely for you and me.
Faith alone is meaningless.
It requires an object.
We have to have faith in something or someone— and we discover that saving faith comes in believing the gospel.
One more from the list above.
Without the gospel, there is no rest.
Why?
Because Jesus died for us and we, by faith, can rest in this fact.
Nothing else is required.