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Archive for January 13th, 2004

13 January

The Gospel of Christ: The Problem

R.
P. Amos


This chronicle deals with man?s
need for God?s gospel. To desire the good news one must
understand the bad news. The sudden appearance of a fire truck
is not good news unless there is first the bad news of a fire.


The opening verses of Romans
1 give an overview of the gospel?s nature.




















































1:1 ?ORIGIN - God
1:2 ?AUTHENTICITY - prophetic
Scriptures
1:3 ?SUBJECT - God’s Son, Jesus
Christ
1:5 ?OBJECTIVE - obedience of
faith
1:5 ?SCOPE - among all nations
1:5 ?PURPOSE - for His Name
1:7 ?CAUSE - grace
1:7 ?EFFECT - peace
1:16 ?FORCE - power of God
1:16 ?PROMISE - salvation
1:16 ?CONDITION - belief (trust)
in the Lord Jesus
1:17 ?CHARACTER - righteousness
(justice) of God


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