The gospel is how we are saved regardless of any fancy biblical footwork.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received,
in which you also stand, by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain. For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures.
This simple gospel is the heart, the foundation, the sole reason that we are saved.
Everything else is of secondary importance and I mean everything else.
Do not be distracted because only Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life!
“Everything else is of secondary importance and I mean everything else.”
Yeah I mean some might think to ignore stuff like this that’s in Paul’s writings and make it not important to themselves and anyone they can convince
Jesus
“
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
Matthew 7:1-2 KJV
paul
“Therefore
thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But
we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this,
O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of
his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
to
them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and
also of the Gentile;
but
glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for
there is no respect of persons with God.”
Romans 2:1-11 KJV
Others would never ignore such a repeated teaching and Important part of the doctrine but as they hear it again and again
James
“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by
the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
James 2:12-13 KJV
jesus
“
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom. For
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Luke 6:36-38
some do this with Gods word
“
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and
hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which
all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and
they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”( same thing paul said in Roman’s 2)
John 5:24, 26-29
Others do this when they hear Gods word
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him:
the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that
his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
John 12:48-50
There’s a lot of important doctrine that gets rejected to be honest but not everyone is willing to reject the word in order to make things fit thier own belief
This is scary to acknowledge when we’re being honest with our own self …… it it’s meant to be
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole
duty of man. For
God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV
It should bring godly fear
“For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.”
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 KJV
Notice this is Paul writing to the church at Corinth ? And how he’s not talking only about Jesus dying on the cross ? But he’s talking about a biblical truth from the ot and gospel and nt epistles and visions.
“And, behold, I come quickly; and
my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
Revelation 22:12-14 KJV
“God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
to
them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
but
unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and
also of the Gentile; “
There’s no reason for anyone to try to lessen the rest of scripture of course jesus being born living among us teaching healing doing miracles dying for sin being raised up again to life eternal and ascending to the heavenly throne that’s all main theme of the biblical message . But it all works together to make a full and complete message honoring and revolving around Jesus himself not o my what he did for us in dying but his eternal life and reign as king of kings , his spirit within our hearts ect
