How important is it for ME to hear and respond to the Gospel?
Jan 23
This is my thoughts from bullet #1 of my previous blog post.
I am a Christian. I’ve heard the gospel plenty of times before. I’ve believed in Jesus as a result. But I still need to hear the Gospel. I need it repeated to me over and over, because part of me wants to find salvation in my good works or my spiritual insights or my passion for God or my whatever. I want to think that as long as I try to love God and everyone else, I’m cool. I don’t want to think of myself as a damned, wretched sinner who desperately needs God’s grace.
I believe we all need to hear it. We all need to bow our knees before our Savior and humbly worship him. When we get a hold of the Gospel and, more importantly, it gets a hold of us…all of a sudden the style of worship at church or the conveniences of this life are so insignificant.
Instead, we fix our eyes on Jesus, and our life is now his to do as He pleases. We stop living for this life, and instead start living for eternity.
When this happens, our Gospel message will be more readily received by those we preach it to, because we are actually living it out.
Yes, I think it’s just as, or even more, important for Christians like me to hear the Gospel over and over again.