Grace NOT Works - Episode 2

The term “Gospel” has become so familiar to Christians that the true meaning and understanding have been lost. As discussed in Acts 20:24 and Matthew 24:14, the truths of the Gospel are not commonly preached or understood in many churches. This is the reason that so many Christians are not walking in all the benefits of their salvation. They don’t have the power of the Gospel working in them. If a person needs healing, it’s in the Gospel. If deliverance is needed, it’s in the Gospel. Prosperity, answered prayer, joy, peace, love–they are all found through understanding and believing the Gospel.This Greek word, as used in the Bible, also stresses the means by which we appropriate the great benefits of our salvation. This all comes by faith in God’s grace (Ephesians 2:8). Galatians 1:6 and Acts 20:24 use the words “grace” and “gospel” interchangeably. This is very important. Any teaching that doesn’t emphasize grace as the way of receiving what Jesus provided isn’t the true Gospel. As Paul phrased it in Galatians 1:7, trying to receive from God by our own effort is a perversion of the Gospel.