Friday, November 22, 2013

Are you living the Gospel Explicitly?

I just finished reading the book Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler,  I highly reccomend this book. The book is a great read that can challenege you. Matt Chadler is one the greatest Bible preaching preachers in America today.
The word Explicit does not mean vulgar or unclean language that we see music ablums title as explicit due to thier vulgarity.  The word Explicit actually means to be clearly stated, or to make clear.  The Main point in this post is to challenge you to think is your life stating the gospel clearly for others to see.
Chandler breaks the book into two main parts. One of them being the Gospel on the Ground, and the second one being the Gospel in the Air.  The ground really hits who God, Man, Christ, and the response to that are.  The Air talks about the works of the latter.   The main thing I want to bring up is there is a danger of focus on just one of these things and not the other.   Yes it is important to focus on  who God is, and where we are, and that we are washed and clensed by the redeming blood of Christ.  We are not called just to focus on those things and keep them to ourselves.  I am a big fan of grace, God saved me from my sin past present and future, eventhough I was deserving of death. He chose myself and fellow believers before the foundation of the earth, to be adopted as his children through the redeeming works of Jesus Christ. I am very reformed in my belief, my close friends know that about me.  But it does not change the fact the Jesus' last words to his Disciples  was to go make disciples.  We are called to spread the gospel.  If you are truly a disciple of Christ you are to make Disciples. Because Disciples make Disciples   it is just a fact!   Sometimes we get to caught up in the works of serving people and caring for them that we do not tell them about who Jesus is and his redeeming work.  Some of us think if we do everything God tells us to do that can merit for our salvation.  (Phariasees thought this)  NEWS FLASH  we are not saved by our works!!!    Paul writes in Ephesians 2 (my favorite chapeter in the Bible)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8, 9 NIV)
Our works do not save us, we are saved by the Grace of God throught the redeeming works of Christ.  We do works because we are saved. we are not saved because we do works.
My main challenege to you is to read this book.  Also remember why you are doing the works that you are doing   remember who God is, and he saved you when you were dead in your sins. Spread the Gospel.  May you life clearly Explictly explain the Gospel to the world around you.

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