Loosy Goosy

Since when did the Gospel become "falling in love with Christ" as Donald Miller once said on a radio show? Since when did "asking Jesus into your heart" become a step for being saved? And whoever got the idea that somehow humans have the power to turn their lives around for Christ?

Why are people making the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ so complicated? Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, "...I declare to you the Gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and wherein you stand; By which also you are saved if you keep in memory what I taught you, otherwise you have believed in vain." Get that folks? Paul is about to say what someone must believe in order to be saved. "That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried and that He rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures."

That's it. Belief in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection is what saves you. Not some invitation, some declaration, or some secret prayer. Specifically it is faith (substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not yet seen, Hebrews 11:1)...faith, that I might add, that is not even from ourselves (Ephesians 2:8...might talk about this in another blog).

How did such a basic Christian doctrine become so polluted? I really don't know...but I think that if we don't know the very basic of our Christian faith than we're in big trouble.

I guess my message is this...let's stick to the Bible. The Bible isn't a list of suggestions, it's a great story of God's work with mankind...one that contains the highest wisdom ever revealed. Revere it as such and don't be so ignorant as to think you can describe salvation better than God.

--1 Corinthians 15:1-4