The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Christian faith. If there is no Gospel there is no Holy Spirit. If there is no Holy Spirit there is no salvation. The Gospel is the entrance into the Kingdom of God. Those that embrace Christ's Gospel as their only means of salvation posses the Holy Spirit and have been born again by the word of God, which is the Gospel, 1 Peter 1:23.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Gospel, without the resurrection of Jesus Christ there is no salvation for anyone, this is why Paul wrote,
"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching in vain and your faith is also in vain. Yea and we are found to be false witnesses of God: because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised: and if Christ be not raised, YOUR FAITH IS IN VAIN; and you are still in your sins. Then they also which have fallen asleep in Christ have perished" 1 Corinthians 15:14-18.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is God's stamp of approval on the life and death of Jesus Christ. If there had been one jot or tittle of the law that Jesus did not fulfill, Matthew 5:18. Or one sin that Jesus had not atoned for, Jesus would still be in Joseph's new tomb and we would all still be in our sins and without hope.
Thankfully, Jesus defeated sin, death and the devil and made it possible for us to be saved.
"And having spoiled principalities and powers he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it" Colossians 2:15.
Because Jesus has victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil, God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ, Acts 2:36. There is now no other name under heaven given among men whereby that we can be saved, Acts 4:12. Not in the name of John Calvin. Not in the name of the Catholic church. Not in the name of any religion can anyone be saved. Jesus saves and saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
It is through the Gospel that we have been reconciled to God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. In the Gospel Jesus has put to death our old Adamic nature and his brought forth a new creation in the resurrection.
"If any man be "In Christ" he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17.
God now sees us as "New creations" in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10. God and his Son Jesus Christ like new things. There will be a new heaven and a new earth and we will be new creations in Jesus Christ. Religion is man's attempt to rehabilitate man's old sinful nature and make it acceptable to God. That is NOT what God does. What he does is he puts the old Adamic race to death in Jesus Christ and defeats the devil. He then brings forth a new humanity in his Son Jesus Christ, Romans 6:1-13.
In Jesus Christ we have lived, died and have been resurrected. This is why Paul could say, "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Gospel, without the resurrection of Jesus Christ there is no salvation for anyone, this is why Paul wrote,
"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching in vain and your faith is also in vain. Yea and we are found to be false witnesses of God: because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised: and if Christ be not raised, YOUR FAITH IS IN VAIN; and you are still in your sins. Then they also which have fallen asleep in Christ have perished" 1 Corinthians 15:14-18.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is God's stamp of approval on the life and death of Jesus Christ. If there had been one jot or tittle of the law that Jesus did not fulfill, Matthew 5:18. Or one sin that Jesus had not atoned for, Jesus would still be in Joseph's new tomb and we would all still be in our sins and without hope.
Thankfully, Jesus defeated sin, death and the devil and made it possible for us to be saved.
"And having spoiled principalities and powers he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it" Colossians 2:15.
Because Jesus has victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil, God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ, Acts 2:36. There is now no other name under heaven given among men whereby that we can be saved, Acts 4:12. Not in the name of John Calvin. Not in the name of the Catholic church. Not in the name of any religion can anyone be saved. Jesus saves and saves to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25.
It is through the Gospel that we have been reconciled to God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. In the Gospel Jesus has put to death our old Adamic nature and his brought forth a new creation in the resurrection.
"If any man be "In Christ" he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17.
God now sees us as "New creations" in Jesus Christ, Colossians 2:10. God and his Son Jesus Christ like new things. There will be a new heaven and a new earth and we will be new creations in Jesus Christ. Religion is man's attempt to rehabilitate man's old sinful nature and make it acceptable to God. That is NOT what God does. What he does is he puts the old Adamic race to death in Jesus Christ and defeats the devil. He then brings forth a new humanity in his Son Jesus Christ, Romans 6:1-13.
In Jesus Christ we have lived, died and have been resurrected. This is why Paul could say, "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
