Life on the West Side
Life on the West Side
The Demands of the Gospel: Embracing A New Identity
Where does the gospel lead? What does the gospel create? What develops as a result of the gospel? Can you imagine an advertisement to be “free from weight loss” where the before and after picture looked the same? In the New Testament, the gospel that frees, the gospel that saves, the gospel that redeems leads to freed, saved, redeemed people living free, saved, redeemed lives. It means recognizing not just what we were saved from, but also what we were saved for.
The sermon today is titled "The Demands of the Gospel." It is the final installment in our "What Is The Gospel" Series. The Scripture reading is from Ephesians 2:10 & Titus 3:8. Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on February 5, 2023. All lessons fit under one of 5 broad categories: Begin, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under Begin: A Gracious Gospel.
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Footnotes (Sources and References Used In Today's Podcast):
- I am greatly indebted to Dr. Timothy Keller for the personal dimension of the gospel in this sermon series, and some of the illustrations used here come from him. See especially the following four Keller sources:
- Sermon: "What Is The Gospel?" (Sep 12, 2003).
- Sermon: "How The Gospel Changes Us" (Sep 13, 2003).
- Sermon: "The Gospel" (Sep 25, 2005)
- Book: Center Church (Chapters 1-3 & 5).
- For the importance of "participation in Christ" and giving allegiance to King Jesus as part of the gospel message, see especially:
- Matthew Bates, Salvation By Allegiance Alone or Gospel Allegiance or The Gospel Precisely
- John M. G. Barclay, Paul & The Gift or Paul & The Power of Grace
- Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel
- N. T. Wright, How God Became King
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