Gospel
In the gospel, we are SAVED BY CHRIST, to His community, for His mission.
As Christians, our identity and purpose are bound up in that one word, “gospel.” We are called to live “gospel-centered” lives. But that can become an empty, meaningless phrase we throw around without giving careful thought to answering the question “what is the gospel?” and “what would it mean to center all of my life around it’s implications?”
The gospel is the good news that God the Father came to rescue fallen mankind through repentance of sin and faith in the life, death, and resurrection of His son Jesus Christ. He did this for the creation’s good and the exaltation of the glory of His grace, as He brings about the eventual renewal of all creation through the power of His Spirit.
Now, the key is understanding that the gospel is not simply the "starting point" of Christianity...it IS Christianity. It's not the ABC's of Christianity, it's the A-Z's of Christianity. It's not just a class we take in Christianity, it's the school that all classes in Christianity are taken! No one outgrows their need for the gospel. All growth and progress in Christianity is a rediscovering the glory and beauty and depth of the gospel.
At GCC, we live out this “gospel-centered life” together in and through GOSPEL COMMUNITIES, living, wrestling, and appropriating the gospel to our everyday life.
(Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Col. 1:5-6)
Click here for an excellent article on "What is the Gospel?"
