The Mystery of the Gospel

Hymn:

Verse 1

I stand amazed in the presence Of Jesus the Nazarene

And wonder how He could love me

A sinner condemned unclean

Chorus

How marvellous how wonderful

And my song shall ever be

How marvellous how wonderful

Is my Saviour’s love for me?

Verse 2 

He took my sins and my sorrows

He made them His very own

He bore the burden to Calvary

And suffered and died alone

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3

When with the ransomed in glory

His face I at last shall see

'Twill be my joy through the ages

To sing of His love for me

(Repeat Chorus)

Gospel – God’s mystery, God’s power, Man’s deliverance...

Text: Col 1 vs 19-28

 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20  and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 21  Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of [g] your evil behaviour. 22  But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23  if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 24  Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25  I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26  the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27  To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28  He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29  To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

• The mystery of the Gospel is Christ in you – Our salvation
• The mystery of the Gospel is the power of God.
• Gospel itself is the conviction of sin through the instruction of faith.

Rom 1 vs 16-17

16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17  For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, [e] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

• The apostle of old preached the person of JESUS and HIM crucified, not just a gospel. Gal 2 vs 2-10
• The mystery of the Gospel is the power of the Cross. I cor 1 vs 17-30

Prayer Point

• Father please let me continually know and cherish the mystery/power of the Gospel.
• Father let my speech, my conversation, my preaching be Christ and cross centred.
• Father please let the seed of faith planted in me continually grow from one level of faith to another.
• Help me to live by faith.

Halleluyah!!!