~~~GOD'S STORY ~~~

~~~“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand.”
---- (1 Corinthians 15:1)--

~~~The word “gospel” comes from the Anglo-Saxon “god-spel,” meaning “God-story.” The Greek word is euaggelion, from which we get our word “evangel,” and it means literally “a good message” or “good messenger.” Thus, the gospel is the great story of God that is to be preached as by an angel dispatched from God. The word normally is used in the sense of “good news” or “glad tidings,” but this good message is specifically God’s Story, sent to lost men from a loving, caring, and saving God.

As our text says, it is a message to be “declared” by its messenger, then “received” by its hearers. It is the message “by which also ye are saved” (v. 2) and “wherein ye stand.” Then, verses 3 and 4 declare the very heart of what is to be received and believed—the substitutionary death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It is a dynamic Gospel—“the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16) for every true believer.

It is a “glorious Gospel” (2 Corinthians 4:4) through which Christ “hath brought life and immortality to light” (2 Timothy 1:10). It is the “Gospel of peace” (Ephesians 6:15) and brings “the fullness of the blessing” (Romans 15:29).

Its duration is “everlasting” (Revelation 14:6), and its foundation is the primeval making of “heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Revelation 14:7) by Christ Himself (Colossians 1:16). The apostle Paul gravely warns against “any other gospel” than this gospel that he had preached (Galatians 1:8-9). This Gospel, this glad story of God’s grace in creation and salvation, is to be preached “to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
--ICR/ HMM
[**PLEASE NOTE** We read in 2 Timothy 3:16,17 / "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
--"I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words, of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book."
---(Revelation 22:18-19).
Many churches, organizations, and (so-called) ministries are adding words that are not God-breathed. They are making them up, and telling you to 'send them money and you will be blessed.' Some say the Lord will give you 100 fold of what you mail in. The lies are relentless. Please DO NOT listen to or watch these television programs. Ask the Lord Jesus to lead you in knowing what to listen to, watch and read. Yes, Pastors Charles Stanley, Allen Jackson, Jack Graham, and many others (true) Bible believers are warning of these lying ministries. If it does not line up with Holy Scriptures, turn it off! Please, our Spirit grows by what we feed it. The enemy of our soul, the devil, will put doubt and fear in your mind. He is the father of lies, as Jesus tells us (John 8:44). The 'end-times' are upon us. BEWARE!