The True Gospel

Our vision to restore the glory of God and fill the world with the knowledge of Him is achieved by our mission: to see Him, be Him and show Him. The key is seeing Jesus and the gospel we hear is what will unveil Him to us.

There are many versions of the gospel in the world today, but the true gospel of grace is the only way to see the real Jesus. The degree to which we see Jesus is the degree and speed to which we are transformed into His glorious image, so we keep the gospel of grace at the centre of all we do.

Galatians 1: 6-8 “I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is not even a gospel… 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!”

2 Corinthians 11: 3–4 “But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. 4 You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.” NLT

So what is the true gospel

Galatians 3:1 “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?”

The Galatians were turning away from the gospel of grace, believing there were other things they needed to do to approach God, to receive from Him, or to be made right with Him.

Verse 2 “This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”

The true gospel is a gospel of faith.

Verse 3 “Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?”

The story of the prodigal son shows us three pictures of the type of gospel we are believing.

1.       Are you trying to play with the pigs still, bringing sin to the Father’s house? Are you wasteful with your time and resources?

2.       Are you in the field working for God, far from His heart?

3.       Or are you truly at home with your Father? Intimate with, comfortable in His presence.

As you see Jesus you become more like Him: who is Jesus but the Son of God. We are to become like Jesus, like Jesus is with His Father.

The Father wants to be as close to you as He is to His Son Jesus. 

Discussion questions:

·         What spoke most to you from what you heard today?

 ·         What are some of the words you would use to describe how the Son interacts with His Father?

·         How would you describe the gospel?