The Scandalous Offense of the Gospel
In case you didn't know, the Gospel was meant to offend!
Romans 9:33
"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
It is such ridiculously Good, intoxicatingly Happy News that, when presented in its fullness and purity, should invoke an offense that says "it is not as easy as that! It cannot be as good and as easy as that!"
Well, it is! The whole point of this Gospel is that Jesus accomplished everything you and I couldn't and purchased for us everything we need to bring His Kingdom of Love to this planet. This is what Peter meant when he wrote in his 2nd letter "we have been given everything we need pertaining to life and Godliness." He goes on to write in that same passage that Jesus gave us everything we need to partake in His Divine nature and through what Jesus did on the Cross we have already been separated from this sinful world!
You have been given everything you need! Done! Once and for all! You don't need to fast, pray, read your Bible or worship more to get more! It has already been given in its fullness!
If you fast, fast to get rid of the unbelieving religion that plagues our human, unrenewed minds! If you pray, pray for God to reveal His Goodness and what was accomplished on the Cross, and how much you have been given! If you read the Bible, read it to realise how Good He is and what He has given you and how much He loves you! If you worship, worship because you have seen how Good He is and you can't hold your praise back!
It is a ludicrous scandal. A scandal that is spreading like wildfire across this planet!
Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Around the world people are rising up in response to this scandalous truth! Their spirits bearing witness to this Glorious Truth of the Gospel, and they are being set free from religion, bondage and fear and rising up to be the sons and daughters of God He already created them to be! A people who know that God loves them passionately, and that His Love is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. It is happening all over the world.
Religion is telling some that this Message is too good to be true. Religion, like satan in the wilderness, is using Scripture to deceive others into believing that it cannot be this easy. That to be a Christian one needs to please God, live a holy life, and keep a check on one's own life. What these people who are buying into these lies don't realise is that this is the most selfish, introspective viewpoint in the world! That lie says that it is more about what you do than what Jesus already did on the Cross, and thereby takes away the glory from God and gives it to you.
But the body of the Truth in Scripture is too heavy and too weighty to be ignored.
Jesus has set us free once and for all! And what remains is that we enter into this marriage free from the old marriage of religion and receive His undying, unconditional Love for us! All that remains is for us to receive His Love.
One sip of this Pure, undiluted Gospel will intoxicate you for the rest of your life.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us...
One drink of this Pure Gospel and Paul was done for. Transformed forever! The Love of Christ was such a powerful force to Him that He couldn't stop. It literally controlled every move he made, and everything He did. If the Love of Christ isn't controlling you, then you might need another drink of the New Covenant.
In the same way alcohol controls the mind and body, the Love of Christ will control you. You will look crazy. You will look stupid. You will be mocked and criticized. But you can't help it, and you can't go back. For like Paul, just one taste of this Pure Good News, and you cannot go back.
Stop questioning! Stop believing the lies! The Truth is being revealed! The Gospel is this good!
It is nothing of what you can do. It is everything of what Jesus has already done! There is nothing left for Him to do! He sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was complete!
I raise my glass in toast and drink to that! Thank You Jesus!
Psalm 116:13
I'll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God!
Romans 9:33
"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
It is such ridiculously Good, intoxicatingly Happy News that, when presented in its fullness and purity, should invoke an offense that says "it is not as easy as that! It cannot be as good and as easy as that!"
Well, it is! The whole point of this Gospel is that Jesus accomplished everything you and I couldn't and purchased for us everything we need to bring His Kingdom of Love to this planet. This is what Peter meant when he wrote in his 2nd letter "we have been given everything we need pertaining to life and Godliness." He goes on to write in that same passage that Jesus gave us everything we need to partake in His Divine nature and through what Jesus did on the Cross we have already been separated from this sinful world!
You have been given everything you need! Done! Once and for all! You don't need to fast, pray, read your Bible or worship more to get more! It has already been given in its fullness!
If you fast, fast to get rid of the unbelieving religion that plagues our human, unrenewed minds! If you pray, pray for God to reveal His Goodness and what was accomplished on the Cross, and how much you have been given! If you read the Bible, read it to realise how Good He is and what He has given you and how much He loves you! If you worship, worship because you have seen how Good He is and you can't hold your praise back!
It is a ludicrous scandal. A scandal that is spreading like wildfire across this planet!
Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Around the world people are rising up in response to this scandalous truth! Their spirits bearing witness to this Glorious Truth of the Gospel, and they are being set free from religion, bondage and fear and rising up to be the sons and daughters of God He already created them to be! A people who know that God loves them passionately, and that His Love is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. It is happening all over the world.
Religion is telling some that this Message is too good to be true. Religion, like satan in the wilderness, is using Scripture to deceive others into believing that it cannot be this easy. That to be a Christian one needs to please God, live a holy life, and keep a check on one's own life. What these people who are buying into these lies don't realise is that this is the most selfish, introspective viewpoint in the world! That lie says that it is more about what you do than what Jesus already did on the Cross, and thereby takes away the glory from God and gives it to you.
But the body of the Truth in Scripture is too heavy and too weighty to be ignored.
Jesus has set us free once and for all! And what remains is that we enter into this marriage free from the old marriage of religion and receive His undying, unconditional Love for us! All that remains is for us to receive His Love.
One sip of this Pure, undiluted Gospel will intoxicate you for the rest of your life.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us...
One drink of this Pure Gospel and Paul was done for. Transformed forever! The Love of Christ was such a powerful force to Him that He couldn't stop. It literally controlled every move he made, and everything He did. If the Love of Christ isn't controlling you, then you might need another drink of the New Covenant.
In the same way alcohol controls the mind and body, the Love of Christ will control you. You will look crazy. You will look stupid. You will be mocked and criticized. But you can't help it, and you can't go back. For like Paul, just one taste of this Pure Good News, and you cannot go back.
Stop questioning! Stop believing the lies! The Truth is being revealed! The Gospel is this good!
It is nothing of what you can do. It is everything of what Jesus has already done! There is nothing left for Him to do! He sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was complete!
I raise my glass in toast and drink to that! Thank You Jesus!
Psalm 116:13
I'll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God!
