Why the Rest of the Gospel is the Best of the Gospel.
April 30, 2015 1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
April 30, 2015 1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
The first half of the gospel is turning to the Lord. The second half of the gospel is beholding and becoming.
The second half of the gospel is an ongoing process of transformation we must be taught and trained to enter into and live out.
This second half of the gospel is a “participation” in his life—what he has done and what he is now doing.
We must break free from the whole concept of a “devotional” or even a “spiritual” life. The second half of the gospel invites and empowers a comprehensive new way of living.
The second half of the gospel is not a one time reckoning but an every day reality check.
The world will awaken to the first half of the gospel when the church awakens to the second half of the gospel.
The New Testament makes a clarion call to the second half of the gospel at every turn.
The world will awaken to the first half of the gospel when our churches awaken to the second half of the gospel.
The pathway to the surpassing glory opens up when we learn to glorify God not in response to the rain but in the midst of a seemingly never ending drought.
This great, global vision is at the heart of what happens when the Spirit of God infuses his people to join the triune God in his redemptive mission in the world.