Last week Ant shared how he has been stuck on the Gospel -the simple, powerful reality that the word Gospel literally means “Good News.” In the early days it was used as a proclamation, an announcement that something wonderful had happened. And that’s exactly what the Gospel is: a declaration of what Christ has done.
He reminded us that the Gospel doesn’t need our eloquence or cleverness to make it powerful. We are simply called to preach the fullness of the Gospel- clear, uncluttered, and centered on Jesus. As we do, the real question becomes: what would it look like for our hearts to truly break for the things that break His?
At the center of the Good News is this staggering truth: Christ died for the ungodly. Not for the perfect, not for the deserving, but for us in our need.
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.” - Romans 5:6
The Gospel is simple. The Gospel is powerful. And it is still the greatest news we could ever proclaim.