The Gospel Empowered!

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” -Romans 1:16 [KJV]

Does the Gospel save us from our sins? NO, Christ saved us from our sins by His obedience unto death as our Surety, Substitute, and Redeemer. But Christ and His righteousness are revealed to us by the
power of the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel – “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17; cf. I Corinthians 1:18-24). 

Does the Gospel regenerate and convert us? NO, the Holy Spirit regenerates and converts us in the new birth, but He does so by means of the Gospel truth applied to the new heart (mind, affections, will, and conscience) (John 8:32; 16:8-11; I Peter 1:22-25; James 1:18). 

If the Holy Spirit does not empower the Gospel preached to the hearts of God’s people to whom He gives life and faith, then it will fall on spiritually deaf ears. II Corinthians 2:16 tells us that the Gospel is “the savour of death unto death” to those who hear it with the physical ear and walk away without believing. 

But it is “the savour of life unto life,” even “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” To them it is the Word of power, not the power of man’s free will, but the power of God in Christ Who saves by His
grace. 

—preacher Bill Parker of Eager Avenue Grace church located in Albany, Georgia USA

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