{"id":87,"date":"2004-04-19T21:05:55","date_gmt":"2004-04-20T01:05:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"the-gospel-of-christ-the-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/the-gospel-of-christ-the-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel of Christ: The Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Randy Amos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nChronicle number one of God?s gospel dealt with the great  problem man has before God: he is guilty of sin and condemned.  Chronicle number two dealt with God?s Savior: not a philosophy  or a religious program but a unique Person, the son of God and  the son of man, Jesus the Lord. Chronicle number three looked  at the performance necessary to satisfy God for our sins against  Him. It was not our performance of today but Christ?s performance  of yesterday. And the performance was not the manger, mount of  beatitudes nor miracles but the cross: redemption by blood.<br \/><!--more--><br \/>This fourth chronicle looks at the promise of the gospel.  Is God?s gospel a set of works to perform or a promise to  trust?or a bit of both? What does the gospel hold out to  the repentant sinner who places heart faith in the Lord Jesus  Christ? Is it penance or promise? There are three key areas to  consider on this subject:\n<\/p>\n<p>\na. The gospel is God?s promise in Christ<br \/>\n<br \/>b. The promises of the gospel<br \/>\n<br \/>c. How the promises are given\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Gospel is God&#8217;s<br \/>\n Promise in Christ\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe apostles preached the death of God?s Son as the full  payment for our sins. They also pointed to Christ?s resurrection  as obtaining justification and acceptance for the believer (Rom.  4:24,25). Because payment for sin as well as the basis for being  accepted with God is finished in the the work of Jesus Christ,  the apostles did not preach a work to perform but rather a promise  to believe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor the PROMISE is unto you, and to your children, and to  all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall  call (Acts 2:39).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body,  and partakers of his PROMISE in Christ by the gospel (Eph. 3:6).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according  to the PROMISE of life which is in Christ Jesus (2Tim. 1:1).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, PROMISED  before the world began (Titus 1:2).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230; They which are called might receive the PROMISE of eternal inheritance (Heb. 9:15).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd this is the PROMISE that he hath PROMISED us, even eternal life (1John 2:25).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n When one is asked to believe in Jesus, what is he or she believing?  Is it that Jesus is good and caring or is it something deeper?  Obviously, we must believe both who He is and what He did. He  is the Son of God. And He died for our sins and rose again  as Lord. But we must also believe what He promised. To believe  what one promises is to trust in that person?s ability,  character, and word to fulfill their promise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTo trust someone in their  promise<br \/>\n is to look away from self and to<br \/>\n depend on the word of the<br \/>\n promisor to make it happen. This<br \/>\n is where the gospel takes us.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Bible never asks one to believe ?about? the  Lord Jesus Christ, but rather to believe ?in? Him or ?on? Him (Acts 16:31, Gal. 2:16). To believe in  one is to trust them. For example, all believe about the  existence of their national leader. But all don?t vote for  him because all don?t necessarily believe in him  i.e., trust that he will keep his promises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Promises of the Gospel\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod?s promise in His gospel can be summarized in two  areas. One deals with the negative and the other with the positive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs John 3:16 promises: ?For God so loved the world, that  he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him\n<\/p>\n<p>\n1. should not perish, &#8211; but &#8211;<br \/>\n<br \/>2. have everlasting life.?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe negative side of the promise. God promises to the  believer in His Son that he will ?not perish.? This  covers being saved from the wrath of God (Rom. 5:9, 1Thess. 5:9).  The believer will never experience the judgment of God for his  sin. Hell and the lake of fire will never be his destiny.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut if this is all the gospel would do, though that would  be something, it would not bring us beyond the condition of a  cat. Cats don?t go to hell.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe positive side of the promise. God also promises  the believer that he will have everlasting life. This includes  the believer?s acceptance with God called justification  or imputed righteousness (Rom. 4:24,24). It also includes heaven  as well as the coming kingdom on earth (John 14:1-3, Heb. 12:26-28).  It also includes the means of getting there: rapture. Whether  dead or alive the believer?s body will instantaneously be  glorified to be with His Savior and God forever (1Thess. 4, 1Cor.  15).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAll this is made possible by the promised gift of the indwelling  Holy Spirit that the believer receives immediately (Eph. 1:13).  It is the Spirit that gives the power to know, live for, and  be with God (Rom. 8).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThus, we have a twofold promise. God promises to:\n<\/p>\n<p>\na. save from something: the judgment of our sin<br \/>\n<br \/>b. bring into something: eternal life with Him\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOld Testament Picture\n<\/p>\n<p>In the book of Exodus, we see God making a twofold gospel  (good news) promise to His ancient people Israel. He said:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n1. ?I will bring you out from under  the burdens of the Egyptians\n<\/p>\n<p>\n. . . and . . .\n<\/p>\n<p>\n2. ?I will bring you in unto the  land.?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod?s gospel was that He would save them from  the negative and bring them into the positive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMany professed to believe God (Ex. 4:31). They believed He  existed and that He spoke to Moses about their salvation from  Egypt. But these same people didn?t trust God in His  promise to them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThey were &#8220;believers&#8221; who didn?t believe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod did bring them out of Egypt via the blood of the Passover  lamb. Yet when it came time to enter the promised land many were convinced that the enemy was too strong and they would be destroyed.  They really only believed half the promise. They saw that God had brought them out but now they did not trust God that  He could or would bring them in as He promised. This crisis revealed  that they had no faith in God.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThey had been ?baptized? in the sea unto Moses.  They had partaken of the miracles God did in the wilderness.  They listened to the law of God. Yet they did not enter into  the promised land ? because of unbelief (Heb. 3:17  &#8211; 4:3).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod pronounced their judgment that they would not ever enter  into the promised land. Without faith in God and His Word, one  does not get to enjoy the fulfillment of His promises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThen they further revealed their unbelieving hearts. They  said they were sorry and wanted to go in. Moses said, no, for  the Lord was now not with them. Instead of submitting to God?s  directive they presumed in their own strength to enter into the  land. They tried to get in against God?s Word. The  enemy came out and destroyed them and they perished (Num. 14:40-45).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n History has repeated itself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLike the ancient children of Israel, there are those today  who will profess to believe in God and even follow His mediator,  Jesus the Christ. They might have been baptized, go to church  and even do humanitarian works. Perhaps they even claim to have  experienced miracles. They might even say that because of the  love of God in Jesus, He would never put them in hell.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYet if you ask them if they are going to heaven, they answer,  ?I hope so. I?m doing the best I can.? They don?t  trust the promise of God in Christ Jesus. They believe half but  not all. They wouldn?t dare claim to be assured of everlasting  life even though that is the promise. Thus, they are really unbelievers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd even further they are like Israel of old. When you tell  them that they can?t earn heaven by their works because  it is a grace-promise from God simply to be believed (Eph. 2:8,9),  they not only don?t believe God but also boldly proclaim  that their good works will ?most likely? get them in. They continue on in their self confidence ? only to perish  in their unbelief: sin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTo not trust God in  His promise is<br \/>\n to be an unbeliever. And only by<br \/>\n faith does one obtain the promises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n?That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through  faith and patience inherit the promises &#8230; But without faith,  it is impossible to please Him? (Heb. 6:12, 11:6). God loves  to be taken at His Word. Don?t you?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith believes the word of God<br \/>\nUnbelief questions the certainty  of the same\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith sees the unseen promise  of God<br \/>\nUnbelief says, ?How can these  things be??\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith puts a man under grace?in  Christ<br \/>\nUnbelief keeps a man under law?in  wrath\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith makes great burdens light<br \/>\nUnbelief makes light ones intolerably  heavy\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith is dependence upon God<br \/>\nUnbelief is dependence upon self\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFaith will help the soul wait  if God delays<br \/>\nUnbelief snuffs and throws it all  away if God tarries\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHow the promises are given\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are two ways a promise can be given. One, as a reward  for good performance. Two, as a gift.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n1. The reward way. A parent may promise a child  a new bike ?if? the child does all his chores up to  standard and gets straight A?s in school. The receiving  of the bike is now dependent upon the child?s performance.  Therefore, it is not guaranteed. The promise is based on performance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Scriptures call this principle of getting something, the  law of ?works? or simply ?law? (Rom. 3:27,  Gal. 3:18).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n2. The gift way. A parent may also promise a  child a bike for his birthday. If the parent is a promise keeper,  the child is absolutely guaranteed the bike for it is a gift  not dependant on his performance. He just has to take it. The  promise is based on the love and ability of the giver.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Scriptures call this second principle of getting something,  ?the law of faith? or simply ?promise? (Rom.  3:27, Gal. 3:18).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe gospel of God promises eternal life as a gift.  ?For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God  is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord? (Rom. 6:23).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTo admit one?s works  cannot<br \/>\n obtain God?s salvation is to take<br \/>\n the grounds of humility. It is to<br \/>\n confess that one is unable to meet<br \/>\n God?s holy standard. It is to<br \/>\n acknowledge that one is hopelessly<br \/>\n lost apart from God?s grace<br \/>\n through His Son.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBy offering salvation only as a gift-promise, God is saying  that the price for sin has been paid in full by Christ. (A gift  must be paid for by someone). And God is fully satisfied with  Christ?s sacrifice for sin as His raising of Christ declared.  If not, God would ask for something more to be done. ?It  is finished? is now proven by God?s offer in grace.  If the Father is satisfied with the Son, are you? Is God a promise  keeper?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOld Testament Picture\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod gave Abraham the inheritance by promise  (Gal. 3:18). Abraham was justified (saved ? declared righteous).  So how did Abraham get it? Romans 4 refers us to Genesis 15.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThough Abraham was old and Sarah his wife was barren, God promised Abraham an offspring from his own body. It was a clear Mideastern starlit night when God asked Abraham to step outside  and count the stars if he could. Concerning the number of the  stars, God then made a five word promise to him: ?So  shall thy seed be.?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe promise held out no conditions or work to be performed.  It was unconditionally offered. Abraham could either disbelieve  God in His Word or trust God in His Word of promise. Abraham  did the latter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWithout moving a muscle, saying a word, or performing a ritual, Abraham ?believed in the Lord.? The second he  did that, God counted him as righteous (justified). Instantly,  Abraham became right that night before God ? by faith alone  ? records Holy Scripture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAbraham is the model that all must follow. When we believe  the promise of God in Jesus the Lord we are declared righteous.  It is a gift ? exactly like Abraham?s. ?Therefore  it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise  might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the  law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is  the father of us all? (Rom. 4:16).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLater, Abraham, under the coaxing of his barren wife, went  into his slave girl and conceived a child. This child, Ishmael,  was produced by the works of the natural flesh: human effort.  But later God by His power caused Abraham and Sarah to have their  own child, Isaac, produced by God?s power fulfilling His  promise: grace. (Gal. 4:23).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGod rejected Ishmael as the heir, but chose Isaac. God was  making a gospel statement: only those who come by promise  get the inheritance, never what is of the flesh (human  effort). (Gal. 4: 21-31).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Some look at God?s grace-promise in the sense of a gratuity.  One might leave a waitress a gratuity at the end of a meal. This  is an expression of appreciation for service rendered. Though  the waitress might thank you for your graciousness, it wasn?t  really grace because the waitress expected it and indeed worked  for it. God?s saving grace is to give the sinner deserving  of judgment an unconditional gift without any works (Rom. 4:4-6).  Grace is not God showing extra kindness in appreciation for our  good service (even if we claim to have done that service only  by His grace-strength). God?s gift is not gratuitous but  undeserved mercy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBelievers believe God keeps His promises. The great difference  between Satan?s counterfeit gospels and God?s true  gospel is that God says trusting Him is enough to obtain the  promise. Religious counterfeits say receiving the promise requires  some human performance to get it. Whom do you believe?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nReceiving the promise is not  the<br \/>\n sinner asking Christ to do<br \/>\n something now by inviting Him<br \/>\n into his heart. But the invitation is<br \/>\n from God for a sinner to look away<br \/>\n from self and trust God concerning<br \/>\n His Son and what He already did<br \/>\n for his sin ? on the cross.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMan?s way gives some glory to man who ?does his  part.? The gospel gives the glory to God alone (Gal. 6:14).  God?s gospel as defined in Romans:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCondemnation &#8211; guilty because of our sin performance<br \/>\nSalvation &#8211; the Person of Jesus by incarnation (birth)<br \/>\nRedemption &#8211; sin paid for by Lord?s cross-performance<br \/>\nPropitiation &#8211; God?s satisfaction with Christ?s  sacrifice<br \/>\nJustification &#8211; right by faith because of His resurrection<br \/>\nSanctification &#8211; the changed life by His Spirit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Amos Chronicle number one of God?s gospel dealt with the great problem man has before God: he is guilty of sin and condemned. 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