A reading on Gospel

1. Living the Gospel

2. Blessings of Living the Gospel?
Blessings
of Living
the Gospel

3. Blessings of Living the Gospel
1. Experience freedom from the grip of sin.
2. Derive strength and faith to live.
3. Delight in assurance of God’s love.
4. Cultivate a joy filled life.
5. Break the hold of legalism.
6. Enjoy the liberty of the cross.
7. Grow to be more like Jesus.

4. How Do I Live the Gospel?

5. How Do I Live the Gospel?
1. By living a life of continuous
repentance and faith.
2. By preaching the gospel to
yourself every day.

6. Life of Repentance

7. What is Repentance?
It is a change of mind, that
leads to a change of heart, that
leads to a change in actions.
This change involves both a
turning from sin and a turning
to God.

8. Life of Repentance
Remember therefore from where you
have fallen; repent and do the first
works, or else I will come to you
quickly and remove your lampstand
from its place—unless you repent.
Revelation 2:5

9. Life of Repentance
“When our Lord and Master Jesus
Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the
entire life of believers to be one of
repentance.”
Martin Luther

10. Life of Repentance
Our life as Christians is one of continual
repentance and faith. We never stop
needing to repent and believe.
It should be our desire to live all of life
under the influence of the gospel.

11. Religion vs. Gospel
In “religion” the purpose of repentance
is basically to keep God happy so he
will continue to bless us and answer
our prayers.
But in the gospel the purpose of
repentance is to return to the joy of our
union with Christ in order to weaken
our desire to do anything contrary to
God’s heart.

12. Religion vs. Gospel
In “religion” the response to sin is
remorse and resolution.
In the gospel the response to sin is
to realize and repent.

13. True vs. False Repentance
True repentance deals with sins and
the idols behind them.
False repentance is only looking for a
quick form of pain relief.

14. True vs. False Repentance
True repentance deals with the heart.
False repentance deals with feelings.

15. True vs. False Repentance
True repentance is painful.
False repentance avoids pain.

16. An Example

17. True vs. False Repentance
Husband
–says something hurtful to his wife.
–later he says, “Sorry I hurt you, I
shouldn’t have said that, will you
forgive me?”.
–wants her to forgive him right away
so they can get their relationship
“back to normal”.

18. True vs. False Repentance
Wife
–is still feeling the impact of the
deeper sin behind the hurtful words.
–the resentment, anger, and hatred in
her husband’s heart which lie behind
those hurtful words.
–husband never deals the sin of his
heart so the real problem is never
dealt with.

19. Biblical Example of False Repentance
Come, and let us return to the LORD for
He has torn, but He will heal us; He has
stricken, but He will bind us up. After
two days He will revive us; on the third
day He will raise us up that we may live
in His sight. Let us know, let us pursue
the knowledge of the LORD. His going
forth is established as the morning; he
will come to us like the rain, like the
latter and former rain to the earth.
Hosea 6:1-3

20. Biblical Example of False Repentance
O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O
Judah, what shall I do to you? For your
faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
and like the early dew it goes away.
Hosea 6:4

21. Biblical Example of False Repentance
“ Woe to them, for they have fled from
Me! Destruction to them, because they
have transgressed against Me! Though I
redeemed them, yet they have spoken
lies against Me. They did not cry out to
Me with their heart when they wailed
upon their beds…
Hosea 7:13-14

22. Biblical Example of True Repentance
Psalm 51

23. Prayer for Cleansing
Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to Your lovingkindness;
according to the multitude of Your
tender mercies, blot out my
transgressions. Wash me thoroughly
from my iniquity, and cleanse me from
my sin.
Psalm 51:1-2

24. Confession of Sin
For I acknowledge my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me. Against
You, You only, have I sinned, and done
this evil in Your sight—That You may be
found just when You speak, and
blameless when You judge. Behold, I
was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin
my mother conceived me. Behold, You
desire truth in the inward parts, and in
the hidden part You will make me to
know wisdom.
Psalm 51:3-6

25. Prayer for Renewal and Restoration
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me hear joy and gladness, that the
bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide
Your face from my sins, and blot out all my
iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not
cast me away from Your presence, and do not
take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me
the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by
Your generous Spirit.
Psalm 51:7-12

26. Response of Worship
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O
God, the God of my salvation, and my
tongue shall sing aloud of Your
righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and
my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For
You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would
give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a
broken and a contrite heart—these, O God,
You will not despise.
Psalm 51:13-17

27. Prayer for Others
Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You
shall be pleased with the sacrifices of
righteousness, with burnt offering and
whole burnt offering; then they shall
offer bulls on Your altar.
Psalm 51:18-19

28. Psalm 51 in Light of Jesus
1. Acknowledge Jesus’ sacrifice for
your sins.
2. Confess your sins.
3. Pray for God to purify your heart
and for restoration of fellowship
with Jesus.
4. Response of worship to Jesus.
5. Pray for others.

29. Summary of Repentance
1. Conviction of Sin
2. Confession of Sin
3. Turning from sin to God
4. Restitution through Jesus
5. Restoration

30. Life of Faith

31. Life of Faith
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ, for it is the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes,
for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is
revealed from faith to faith; as it is
written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:16-17

32. Life of Faith
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7

33. What is a Life of Faith?
1. Trusting God's integrity and acting
on His promises.
2. Taking God at His Word no matter
the circumstances.
3. Believing in God’s love more than
in human reason.

34. What is Involved?
1. Renunciation and reliance
2. Trusting and believing
3. Knowing and acting

35. What is the Basis?
1. Nature and character of God
2. Holy Spirit
3. Word of God

36. How to Experience It
1. Ask God for faith.
2. Stop saying, "I can't" and start
believing that God can!
3. Stop doubting and start trusting.
4. Develop a confident expectation in
God.
5. Put your faith into action- get out
of your comfort zone.

37. How Do I Live the Gospel?

38. Preach the Gospel to Yourself

39. Daily
1. Review, study and memorize the
gospel.
2. Refresh your mind and heart of it’s
truths and implications.
3. Remind yourself through the day.

40. Suggestions – C. J. Mahaney
1. Memorize Gospel verses
2. Pray the Gospel
3. Sing the Gospel
4. Review how the Gospel has
changed you
5. Study the Gospel

41. Remember Life Before Jesus

42. Alienated, Ignorant, Blind
having their understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God,
because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart;
Ephesians 4:18

43. Spiritually Dead
But because of his great love for us,
God, who is rich in mercy, made us
alive with Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-5

44. Slave to Sin
Jesus answered them, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, whoever
commits sin is a slave of sin.
John 8:34

45. Without Hope and God
that at that time you were without
Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel and strangers
from the covenants of promise,
having no hope and without God in
the world.
Ephesians 2:12

46. Condemned
…one trespass led to condemnation for
all men…
Romans 5:18 (ESV)

47. Wrath of God
But because of your stubbornness and
your unrepentant heart, you are storing
up wrath against yourself for the day of
God's wrath, when his righteous
judgment will be revealed.
Romans 2:5

48. Life Because of Jesus

49. Chosen and Loved by God
Therefore, as God's chosen people,
holy and dearly loved, clothe
yourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)

50. Reconciled
Now all things are of God, who has
reconciled us to Himself through Jesus
Christ…
2 Corinthians 5:18

51. Adopted by God
For you did not receive the spirit of
bondage again to fear, but you
received the Spirit of adoption by
whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15

52. Made Alive
But because of his great love for us,
God, who is rich in mercy, made us
alive with Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)

53. Dead to Sin
…reckon yourselves to be dead indeed
to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Romans 6:11

54. Justified and Redeemed
being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus,
Romans 3:24

55. Forgiven
You were dead because of your sins
and because your sinful nature was not
yet cut away. Then God made you alive
with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
Colossians 2:13 (NLT)

56. No Condemnation
Therefore, there is now no
condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1 (NIV)

57. A New Creation
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; old things have passed
away; behold, all things have become
new.
2 Corinthians 5:17

58. Created for Good Works
For we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God prepared in advance
for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

59. Unsearchable Riches of Christ
To me, who am less than the least of all
the saints, this grace was given, that I
should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 3:8

60. Unsearchable Riches of Christ
To them God willed to make known
what are the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles: which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:27

61. Unsearchable Riches of Christ