{"id":5825,"date":"2020-09-02T05:41:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2020-09-02T05:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:41:13","slug":"%ef%bb%bfwhat-is-it-to-preach-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffWhat is it to preach the gospel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is it to preach the gospel?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Don Fortner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSalvation is, in its entirety, the work of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s free and sovereign grace in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Election, redemption, justification, sanctification,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and preservation are all works of grace alone, in no way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

conditioned upon the will, works, or worth of the sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is it to Preach the Gospel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preach the gospel is to tell the truth about MAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the truth about man? \u201cAll flesh is grass,\u201d -withering,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

worthless, insignificant grass (Isa. 40:6-8). All men are fallen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

depraved, helpless, guilty sinners, without the least inclination<\/p>\n\n\n\n

or ability to do good, seek God, or know God (Rom. 3:9-18),<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dead in trespasses and in sins (Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preach the gospel is to tell the truth about GOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is is the eternal, holy, sovereign Monarch of the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is he who made all things, rules all things, and disposes of all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

things (including you and I) as he will. \u201cAll things are of God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing in this universe writhes or wiggles apart from God\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

purpose, predestination, providence, and power (Rom. 11:36).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is this great and glorious Lord God who lifts his hand and says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have<\/p>\n\n\n\n

compassion on whom I will have compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preach the gospel is to tell the truth about the LORD JESUS CHRIST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord Jesus Christ is God in human flesh, God come to save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was called \u201cJesus\u201d because he is Jehovah our Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came here on an errand of mercy, with a commission from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God the Father as our covenant Surety to save his people from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

their sins (Matt. 1:21; John 10:16-18); and when he left here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

all that he came to do was done! Righteousness was established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice was satisfied. The sins of God\u2019s elect, which were<\/p>\n\n\n\n

imputed to him, were put away. His people were fully and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

forever redeemed, justified, and sanctified by his blood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Heb. 10:10-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preach the gospel is to tell the truth about SALVATION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it take to save a sinner? It takes a work of God\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sovereign, eternal, electing love and predestination (Eph. 1:3-6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes a work of effectual, blood redemption, the satisfaction of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

divine justice by an infinitely meritorious Substitute\u2013 the Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:24-26). It takes all the work of God\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

universal providence (Rom. 8:28-30). It takes the infallible,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

irresistible grace and power of God the Holy Spirit in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

regeneration and effectual calling, by which chosen, redeemed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sinners are raised from the dead and given faith in Christ (Eph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:17-20; Psa. 65:4). It takes a work of immutable grace, preserving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the called ones in life and grace, causing them to persevere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in faith, keeping them unto the end (Phil. 1:6). It takes a work of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

resurrection glory, by which these bodies sown in corruption<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shall put on incorruption, mortality shall put on immortality, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s elect shall enter into that eternal state of bliss called<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cthe glorious liberty of the sons of God\u201d (1 Thess. 4:13-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This salvation, in its entirety, is found in the Lord Jesus Christ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

alone (1 Cor. 1:30-31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it to preach the gospel? by Don Fortner \u201cSalvation is, in its entirety, the work of God\u2019s free and sovereign grace in Christ. Election, redemption, justification, sanctification, and preservation are all works of grace alone, in no way conditioned upon the will, works, or worth of the sinner.\u201d What Is it to Preach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,130,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-preaching","category-false-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5826,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions\/5826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}