These resources and this past Sunday night's sermon were meant to build upon Pastor Doug's morning message "The Joy Placebo" from Isaiah 5:11-17
Today's verses are Romans 1:16, 17
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.'"
The Gospel Primer is a book that has helped me think about and lean upon the Gospel more and more. I have posted about this book several over the last couple of years. This is an extended quote connected to Romans 1:16.
Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes the gospel as "the power of God" (Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18). Nothing else in all of Scripture is ever described in this way, except for the Person of Jesus Christ. (1 Corintians 1:24; 8 Such a description indicates that the gospel is not only powerful but that it is the ultimate entity in which God's power resides and does its greatest work.
Indeed, God's power is seen in erupting volcanoes, in the unimaginably hot boil of our massive sun, and in the lightning speed of a recently discovered star seen streaking through the heavens at 1.5 million miles per hour. Yet in Scripture such wonders are never labeled "the power of God." How powerful then, must the gospel be that it would merit such a title! And how great is the salvation it could accomplish in my life, if I would only embrace it by faith (Hebrews 4:2, Ephesians 1:18, 19) and give it a central place in my thoughts each day!
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