The Gospel
The gospel is the good news of God's promise to save His people conditioned on the
atoning blood and imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ alone. In the gospel, the
righteousness of God is revealed (Romans 1:17). Anyone who believes that any
part of salvation is conditioned on the sinner is lost, including anyone who believes
that the work of Jesus Christ alone does not make the only difference between
salvation and damnation. Those who do not believe the gospel are lost (Mark
16:16). Those who are ignorant of the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel
are lost (Romans 10:3). This is not saying that believing the true gospel is a
prerequisite to salvation; it is saying that when God regenerates someone, He
glorifies Himself by causing that person to believe the true gospel of salvation
based on the atoning blood and imputed righteousness of Christ. There are not
many paths to God; there is only one. And if anyone preaches another gospel, let
him be accursed (Galatians 1:8-9). If anyone does not abide in the doctrine of
Christ, he does not have God (2 John 9). If anyone will speak peace to one who
believes a false gospel, then he, too, is evil (2 John 11). God is glorified in the
salvation of sinners when He manifests all His redemptive glory to their hearts. He
will not have His saved ones spit in the face of His Son and dishonor His redemptive
glory.
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