2 Thessalonians 2:14 KJV
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There were two things in this passage that stuck out to me;
First the Apostle calls it "our Gospel."
That does not mean that he created it. Nor does it mean that it was not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, but that he took ownership of it. He claimed it, possessed it. Cared for it as his own and preached it with the conviction of knowing it was the truth. It was his gospel in the first place because he had embraced that gospel and had been born again. It was his gospel again in that he had been charged with it, to give it to the world.
Secondly I was blessed with the results of the gospel;The Bible says that through the gospel we obtain "the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." Salvation is so much more than being free from the guilt of sin. Some people claim salvation as if it just means they can go about sinning without havng to worry about the consequences. Not so! The Gospel brings us into a saving relationship with Christ and that relationship leads us into glory.
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There were two things in this passage that stuck out to me;
First the Apostle calls it "our Gospel."
That does not mean that he created it. Nor does it mean that it was not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, but that he took ownership of it. He claimed it, possessed it. Cared for it as his own and preached it with the conviction of knowing it was the truth. It was his gospel in the first place because he had embraced that gospel and had been born again. It was his gospel again in that he had been charged with it, to give it to the world.
Secondly I was blessed with the results of the gospel;The Bible says that through the gospel we obtain "the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." Salvation is so much more than being free from the guilt of sin. Some people claim salvation as if it just means they can go about sinning without havng to worry about the consequences. Not so! The Gospel brings us into a saving relationship with Christ and that relationship leads us into glory.
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