at the worship conference, everyone was given a small book by milton vincent called “the gospel primer for christians: learning to see the glories of God’s love”. it is not lengthy, only 97 pages, but it has already encouraged my heart as i’ve read it. in the book, the author gives several reasons why we as followers of Jesus should consistently remind ourselves of the truth of the gospel. the bible tells us as christians to be continually established and steadfast in the gospel and to refuse to be moved from there (colossians 1:23). the gospel message is much more than a prologue to the christian life, and it is something that we can never get over. i am praying that my awareness of the gospel’s transforming impact will grow as i learn to rehearse it, replay it, recount it, and see it affecting every aspect of my daily life. what a great little book to help direct me to such wonderful truth. thanks, mr. vincent and sovereign grace ministries! i encourage you to buy the book and read it (you will not regret it!), but allow me to share an excerpt here from page 14. just one of the many reasons to rehearse the gospel daily…
“the gospel is so foolish* (according to my natural wisdom), so scandalous* (according to my conscience), and so incredible (according to my timid heart*), that it is a daily battle to believe the full scope of it as i should. there is simply no other way to compete with the forebodings of my conscience, the condemnings of my heart, and the lies of the world and the devil than to to overwhelm such things with daily rehearsings of the gospel.”
*foolish – 1 corinthians 1: “(21) for since… the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe… (23)… we preach Christ crucified, …to gentiles foolishness.”
*scandalous – 1 corinthians 1:23 “…we preach Christ crucified,… a stumblish block [gr. skandalon]…
*timid – 1 john 3: “(19) we will know… that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before Him (20) in whatever our heart condemns us…”
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