The Main Thing The Power of the Gospel

The Main Thing 

The Power of the Gospel

Are you tired of violence?

Tired of hearing the media assaulting people and not the issues

Tired of paying higher costs because of others wrongs

Than do something about it

Preach the Gospel

Don’t be ashamed of it

“because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written:

"The righteous will live by faith."    Romans 1:16-17

Make this of first importance  1 Corinthians 15:3-4

The Power of the Gospel

The Apostle Paul says…

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures

1Corinthians 1:3-4

“First importance” is to pass on the message

of who God is and what He has done for us.

This is the message of the Gospel, The Good News.

The first four books of the New

Testament are called the Gospels.

The Gospel of Mark starts by saying…

The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

It is written in Isaiah the prophet:…..

Mark 1:1-2

The beginning of the Gospels start with

the life of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark at the start of his Gospel tells us

that even though the revealing of Jesus

Christ as God starts with the coming of Jesus.

The Old Testament prophets laid a foundation

as they spoke of the coming Messiah.

Paul gives us a description of

the Gospel in Romans 1:16-17…

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."  

Paul says he is not ashamed of the Gospel.

Why?

“Because it is the power of God for

the salvation of everyone who believes”

How is this worked out?

“For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."  

Faith in God starts and finishes with righteousness.

The Power of the Gospel

changes lives like nothing else.

This is why Paul says…

“Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach.

Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!”

1 Corinthians 9:15-16

Real life change comes as people are introduced to Jesus.

Jesus tells us all to…

“Go and make disciples of all nations”

Disciples… followers of Jesus.

Our command is to do what Jesus did...

“Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

The main thing for us to do is to preach the Gospel.

Introduce people to Jesus Christ the Son of God.

And share with them the teachings of Jesus.

This is it… stick with the main

thing, the thing of first importance.

This is the only lasting thing that will turn

a life of sin into a life of righteousness.

Scripture Reading

Romans 1:16-17 NIV

I am not ashamed of the gospel , because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."  

1 Corinthians 9:15-16 NIV

 16 Yet when I preach the gospel , I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel !

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NIV

15:1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Matthew 28:18 - Mark 1:1 NIV

 "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."