What is the radical gospel? – Christ’s death and resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:2-4 – By this gospel you are saved… 3 Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… What is the radical gospel? – Christ’s death and resurrection
John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:18 – Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. John 3:36 – Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. How to be saved by the radical gospel? – Faith in Christ’s death and resurrection
Believe the gospel = Saved Enemies of the gospel = Unsaved Believe the gospel = Saved Uncertain or don’t know the gospel = Unsaved BELIEVERS UNBELIEVERS
God’s wrath for truth suppressors Romans 1:18 – For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness… God’s wrath for truth suppressors
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 – But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. The Radical Gospel