The Bible Archive

Archive for February, 2004

15 February

The Gospel of Christ: The Performance

Randy Amos


Chronicle number one of God?s gospel dealt with the great
problem man has before God. It showed the doctrine of condemnation
because of sin. Chronicle number two dealt with God?s Savior.
The Savior is not a philosophy or a religious program but a unique
Person: the son of God and the son of man, Jesus the Lord.


This third chronicle looks at the performance required for
one?s sin that is satisfactory to God the Father. The ethics,
teachings, miracles, moral values, example and popularity of
the Lord Jesus are powerless apart from His performance for sin.
His Person apart from His right performance for sin saves no
one.
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4 February

The Gospel of Christ: The Person

Randy Amos
Chronicle number one of God?s gospel dealt with the great
problem man has before God. It showed the doctrine of condemnation.
All need the gospel for all share in the bad news. All, religious
and nonreligious, are not just sinners but stand guilty for their
sin before God.

For example, one might go out to his garden to get a head
of cabbage and find the cabbage is all mushy and rotten. He does
not, however, call the police and press charges against the cabbage.
For though the cabbage is bad, it is not guilty; it had no moral
responsibility. It was just a victim of its environment. But
if a thief broke into his house and stole his goods, cabbages
included, now he presses charges for the thief was morally responsible
and therefore guilty.

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