Preaching A Simple Gospel

Sometimes it is necessary to Preach a Simple Gospel. The fact is people today are just bombarded with information. They just don't want to take the time to listen to a long message even when they know they should. Therefore, we must consider Preaching A Simple Gospel.

A Simple Gospel may consist of simple scriptures like Ecclesiastes 12:13 which says, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." We should all try to keep his commandments. If people would live by the simple teachings of this scripture they would be well on their way to showing obedience to God.

In addition to this of course, we have to teach about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This means we have to teach both sides of this Gospel and we cannot teach just one side of what Jesus taught. It is very important for you to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit if you want to receive everything God has available for you.

A large number of people today have gotten the idea that Jesus loves them and He wants to do great things for them. While this is true, God himself is a God of love, it is also true he is a God of Justice and is therefore a God of Judgment. If we accept him we will spend eternity in heaven, but if we reject him we will not spend our eternity in heaven. It is really so simple.

We love to quote scriptures that say he is a God of love who wants us to be blessed, but we often seem to forget that he is also a God of Justice and a God of Judgment. Too often we quote only the parts of scriptures which sound good to us and overlook the rest of the scripture which may put conditions on receiving God's promises.

A simple example of that may be Psalms 37:4 which says, "Delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart." We tend to remember the good part which promises that the Lord will give us the desires of our heart…while forgetting the conditions God put in the same scripture which tells us to first "Delight yourself in the Lord…"

I wonder how many of us have ever really spent time "Delighting ourselves in the Lord?"

We must also remember that Jesus died for our sins and we can all be forgiven for our sins no matter how big these sins may have been. The Bible teaches us the God will remove our transgressions as far as the East is from the West; and he will forget our sins for his own sake. So he is a God of love and mercy… if we accept him.

So we all have a choice and that choice is so simple. We can either accept the teachings of Jesus Christ and we will go to heaven or we can reject the teaching of Jesus Christ and we will go to hell. We can either live a life filled with good or we can live a life filled with evil. God leaves the choice up to you.

We can decide to accept God's grace and mercy, or we can decide to reject his grace and mercy. If we accept him, he will accept us. If we reject him, he will also reject us. The choice is yours.

If you would like to hear more about Jesus Christ and his plan for your life, please call Pastor Don Swarthout today at 859.219.1222. You may have to leave a message, but Pastor Swarthout will return your call as soon as is possible.