Creflo Dollar | – The Destructive Power of Complacency – Episode 2

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3. The Gospel: Plain and Simple

   “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” – 2 Corithians 11:3

    
   Ask someone today if they are saved and you will most likely hear responses like these: “I have accepted Jesus into my heart.” Or “I have made him Lord of my life.” “I’ve been
   baptized.” “I said a prayer.” Sounds all good and churchy don’t it; but it is difficult to de-
   termine whether or not a person actually
   knows the gospel that saves them. These use- less phrases don’t describe a thing about what the gospel is and has left a devastating effect of people not knowing what it is that they are saved from nor how they are saved; which leaves a more serious effect of people ques- tioning their salvation.
   Let’s not muddy the simplicity of salva- tion that is in Christ with vague church
   sounding phrases that do not communicate
   anything. But rather present God’s word with clarity and assuredness. So here is the gospel: plain and simple.
   Sin was passed upon all men by one man Adam, and death is a consequence of this sin (Rom 5:12). Mankind has an eternal destiny of condemnation and wrath – Hell – because of this sin (Rom 6:23). No matter what good
   works one might do we are still found sinners in the sight of our Creator God. And all un-

   righteousness and those who follow get in- dignation and wrath. We cannot be found righteous for by God’s law we are found sin- ners (Rom 3:19-20). If we have broken even one law we are found guilty.
   It is for this reason of not being able to create our own righteousness and being born in a sinful flesh that we need a savior ( Titus 3:5). Christ is that Savior, God manifested in the flesh, sinless, died in our place on a cross 2000 years ago. Taking upon him the wrath
   and judgement that was intended for us sin- ners. And it is through his bloodshed, burial, and resurrection on our behalf that we are
   able to have peace with God and forgiveness of our sins ( 1 Cor 15:1-4, Col 3:14). This good news is unto all but only those that believe in it are made righteous in Christ ( Romans 3:22).
   It is then after we have heard this good
   news of Christ’s righteousness available to us freely, that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and we are now part of Christ’s body the church ( Eph 1:13)
   There is nothing that we need to do, no good works that are required, and no bad
   works that can separate us from our new po- sition in Christ (Romans 8:35-39).
   Faith and belief in this information from God’s word is the gospel.
   The gospel is not accepting Jesus into your heart. The gospel is not making him lord of
   your life, it is not saying a prayer and it is not being baptized with water.
   So next time someone asks you if you are saved. Give them the clear assured answer “Yes! And let me tell you why!”
    
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