The Beauty and Power of the Gospel

 

The Gospel is powerful. 

Within in it is the power to change lives ... for eternity.  

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." -Romans 1:16

"For the word of the cross [the gospel] is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." -1 Corinthians 1:18

The Gospel, or the word of the cross, is the power of God that changes peoples lives; that saves them.

The Gospel is also beautiful.

The Gospel rescues the needy, changes lives, opens the eyes of the blind, redeems the lost, gives the fatherless a Father, pays our debt, and reconciles us from enemies of God to friends of and ambassadors for God! Isn't that beautiful?

Often, in America, if you grow up in a Christian family you hear the "word of the cross" so often that you take it for granted, and don't truly understand it's power and beauty. And often in our country the gospel is wrongly represented or stated.

I encourage you to read the gospel and truly try to understand the amazing power and beauty of it!

Here are some passages you could read:

1. Isaiah 53:3-12
2. Matthew 1:21
3. Mark 10:45
4. Luke 5:31-32
5. Luke 7:36-50
6. Luke 19:10
7. Luke 22-24
8. John 1:29
9. John 13-21
10. Romans 5:8
11. Romans 10:9-13
12. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
13. Ephesians 2
14. Colossians 1:13-20
15. Colossians 2:11-14
16. 1 Timothy 1:15-17
17. Titus 2:11-14
18. Titus 3:4-7
19. Hebrews 9:27-28
20. 1 Peter 1:3-9

Meditate on these verses (fill your mind with these verses and think on them.). These are powerful truths! Embrace them!

May you see the power and the beauty of the Gospel!

[Feel free to comment with any questions or thoughts on this!]