Post on 16-Dec-2015
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. …
23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly
to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ
and are turning to a different gospel—
Galatians 5:4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away
from grace.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ
and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another
one, … 11 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not
man’s gospel.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might
be saved through him.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Acts 16:29b trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then
he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?” 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Romans 10:9 if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will
be saved.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so
that no one may boast.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Romans 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good, not even one.”
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
John 14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.”
Matthew 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and
those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the
way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears
much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does
not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the
branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no
one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved.”
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
Mark 8:34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and
forfeit his soul?
CHRIST’S GOSPEL IS GRACE
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the
new has come.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
Galatians 1:7b but there are some who trouble you and want to distort
the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to
the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said
before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a
gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with
jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him. … 48 And when the Gentiles heard [the gospel], they began
rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole
region.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the
leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
Acts 14:1 Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish
synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both
Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the
Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
Galatians 6:12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh
who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that
they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even
those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they
desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
Acts 20:30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking
twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
MAN’S GOSPEL IS GARBLE
“The Gospel must terminate in the enjoyment of God, or it’s not
biblical good news! By faith alone through grace alone on the basis of the blood and righteousness of Christ alone to the glory of God
alone, sinners are enabled to have God as their full and everlasting
joy and pleasure.” John Piper