1. the gospel according to A free CD of this message will be available following the service Preach ~ kērussō – to herald or make known Power ~ dunamis – the ability to accomplish a task Authority ~ exousia – the right to accomplish a task

2. the gospel according to Money (v. 3) ~ KJV, scrip

3. the gospel according to Preaching the gospel ~ euaggelizō – the Good News

4. the gospel according to 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. 9 Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. Luke 23:8-9

5. the gospel according to What kept Herod from God? He compromised his morals He was ruled by his lusts He was afraid of what his friends might think We name our sons John and our dogs Herod

6. the gospel according to Healing ~ therapeia

7. the gospel according to Filled ~ chortazō John 6:12 ~ empiplēmi – compound of "in" and "most" Hence "glutted"

8. the gospel according to Which is better? To attempt to be the Lord's adviser … or Give what we've got to Him, let Him bless it, break it and multiply it?

9. the gospel according to “There are some people who read the miracles of Jesus, and feel no need to understand. Let them remain forever undisturbed in the sweet simplicity of their faith. There are others who read and their minds question and they feel they must understand. Let them take no shame of it…” William Barclay

10. the gospel according to I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world. John 6:51 I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. John 8:12 I am the door of the sheep. John 10:7 John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. John 11:25 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. John 15:1 Rev. 1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End … who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

11. the gospel according to Jesus was either the … Greatest deceiver the world has ever seen As disoriented as a weathervane in a cyclone Deity, God Almighty Liar, Lunatic or the Lord

12. the gospel according to I am John 6:35 the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

13. the gospel according to When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, & you don't sting & hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ. THAT IS DYING TO SELF When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, & you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in all in patient, loving silence. When you lovingly & patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any impunctuality, or any annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility-& endure it as Jesus endured. When you are content with any food, any offering, any climate, any society, any raiment, any interruption by the will of God. When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendations, when you can truly love to be unknown. When you can see your brother prosper & have his needs met & can honestly rejoice with him in spirit & feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far greater & in desperate circumstances. When you can receive correction & reproof from one of less stature than yourself & can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart. That I may know Him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death Phil. 3:10

14. the gospel according to “If it doesn’t say Amana, it isn’t a Radarange ”

15. the gospel according to “Christ died to save us, not from suffering, but from ourselves; not from injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that we might live—but live as he lives, by dying as he died who died to himself that he might live unto God. If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, and he that does not live to God, is dead.” George MacDonald