A Concise Summary of the Gospel of Christ

[KenH]

A Concise Summary of the Gospel

According to Scripture, God gave Adam a commandment (Gen. 2:16-17).
Yet Adam—the representative of all humanity—disobeyed God's law (Gen. 3:6). God's holy law, reflecting His divine nature, requires perfect obedience, and the penalty for disobedience is death.

Because of Adam's sin—all created beings, without exception, are born into this world—desperately wicked as can be (Rom. 5:12).

No created being can meet God's perfect demands or pay the strict penalty for disobedience, explaining why looking to the perfect righteousness of another, Christ alone, is essential.

So, the garden demonstrates Adam's sin and rebellion. But, the gospel declares the Savior's righteousness because He accomplished what Adam could not (Rom. 5:18-19).

This gospel is not an offer but a proclamation of Christ's finished and saving work alone
(John 19:30).

Christ's righteousness alone refers to His law-keeping and death in the place of His elect.
Having never sinned, Jesus satisfied the demands of the law because it reflects His divine nature.

As the Savior, He died for the sheep (John 10:11), not the goats (John 10:26), and His blood is sufficient for the elect, not the reprobate.

Christ clothed the elect in His righteousness (Is. 61:10); washed all of their sins away with His blood (Rev. 1:5); redeemed them from the power of Satan, sin, death, and the curse of the law (Eph. 1:7; Gal. 3:13); reconciled them to God (Rom. 5:10); appeased the Father's wrath in their place (1 John 4:10); and resurrected for their justification (Rom. 4:25).

God credited the sins of the elect to the Son and credited Christ's righteousness to the elect
(2 Cor. 5:21). This perfect righteousness, excluding works, is the only ground of justification and assurance of salvation.

Bottom line: God does not love everyone.
God does not desire the salvation of all men.
God did not passively choose the wicked for hell because He foresaw they would reject him.
Christ did not die for all men without exception. His blood is not sufficient for all men.
And the gospel of Christ is not an offer.

Before the world's creation, God actively and unconditionally predestined the elect for heaven and the non-elect for eternal conscious torment (active and unconditional, double predestination). Therefore, God loves the sheep for whom Christ died (Rom. 5:8) and has an unremitting hatred towards the goats (John 10:26).

Hirelings will not proclaim the gospel truths above. Instead, they will use inclusive language to describe Christ's death.
Their so-called "Christ alone" messages make salvation sound like it is conditional on the sinner, not the Savior.
They do not teach about God's hatred of the goats—without unbiblical disclaimers ("hate means to love less")—and will never teach biblical election (active and unconditional, double predestination).

But the elect of the Father for whom Christ died will unashamedly proclaim God’s absolute sovereignty and what Christ accomplished (justification, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation) and for whom (the elect) because they are not ashamed of the offense of the cross.

Praise the one true God that the Holy Ghost seals the elect of the Father for whom Christ died.
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen"
(Rom. 11:36).

- by Sonny Heranandez, pastor of Trinity Gospel Church in Lexington, Kentucky

 

[Zaatar71]

A Concise Summary of the Gospel

According to Scripture, God gave Adam a commandment (Gen. 2:16-17).
Yet Adam—the representative of all humanity—disobeyed God's law (Gen. 3:6). God's holy law, reflecting His divine nature, requires perfect obedience, and the penalty for disobedience is death.

Because of Adam's sin—all created beings, without exception, are born into this world—desperately wicked as can be (Rom. 5:12).

No created being can meet God's perfect demands or pay the strict penalty for disobedience, explaining why looking to the perfect righteousness of another, Christ alone, is essential.

So, the garden demonstrates Adam's sin and rebellion. But, the gospel declares the Savior's righteousness because He accomplished what Adam could not (Rom. 5:18-19).

This gospel is not an offer but a proclamation of Christ's finished and saving work alone
(John 19:30).

Christ's righteousness alone refers to His law-keeping and death in the place of His elect.
Having never sinned, Jesus satisfied the demands of the law because it reflects His divine nature.

As the Savior, He died for the sheep (John 10:11), not the goats (John 10:26), and His blood is sufficient for the elect, not the reprobate.

Christ clothed the elect in His righteousness (Is. 61:10); washed all of their sins away with His blood (Rev. 1:5); redeemed them from the power of Satan, sin, death, and the curse of the law (Eph. 1:7; Gal. 3:13); reconciled them to God (Rom. 5:10); appeased the Father's wrath in their place (1 John 4:10); and resurrected for their justification (Rom. 4:25).

God credited the sins of the elect to the Son and credited Christ's righteousness to the elect
(2 Cor. 5:21). This perfect righteousness, excluding works, is the only ground of justification and assurance of salvation.

Bottom line: God does not love everyone.
God does not desire the salvation of all men.
God did not passively choose the wicked for hell because He foresaw they would reject him.
Christ did not die for all men without exception. His blood is not sufficient for all men.
And the gospel of Christ is not an offer.

Before the world's creation, God actively and unconditionally predestined the elect for heaven and the non-elect for eternal conscious torment (active and unconditional, double predestination). Therefore, God loves the sheep for whom Christ died (Rom. 5:8) and has an unremitting hatred towards the goats (John 10:26).

Hirelings will not proclaim the gospel truths above. Instead, they will use inclusive language to describe Christ's death.
Their so-called "Christ alone" messages make salvation sound like it is conditional on the sinner, not the Savior.
They do not teach about God's hatred of the goats—without unbiblical disclaimers ("hate means to love less")—and will never teach biblical election (active and unconditional, double predestination).

But the elect of the Father for whom Christ died will unashamedly proclaim God’s absolute sovereignty and what Christ accomplished (justification, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation) and for whom (the elect) because they are not ashamed of the offense of the cross.

Praise the one true God that the Holy Ghost seals the elect of the Father for whom Christ died.
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen"
(Rom. 11:36).

- by Sonny Heranandez, pastor of Trinity Gospel Church in Lexington, Kentucky

Have you found that most every Christian believes this?

 

[Silverhair]

Bottom line: God does not love everyone.
God does not desire the salvation of all men.

I was reading through Heranandez's comments that you posted but when I got to these words
"Bottom line: God does not love everyone.
God does not desire the salvation of all men."

I knew that he was teaching something other that scripture.

When he can deny clear scripture then you have to question his preaching.

Does his bible not contain
Joh 3:16 "For God so loved the world,...
or
1Ti 2:4 who desires all men to be saved ...

The fact that you continue to post comments from this false teacher calls into question your ability to discern right from wrong.

 

[KenH]

Have you found that most every Christian believes this?

I have found that most people who call themselves "Christians" are mentioned by the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:4, they believe "another gospel" and believe in "another Jesus" than He that is proclaimed in the gospel.

 

[Silverhair]

I have found that most people who call themselves "Christians" are mentioned by the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:4, they believe "another gospel" and believe in "another Jesus" than He that is proclaimed in the gospel.

Then I have to ask, why do you not believe what the bible clearly states regarding salvation?

 

[Charlie24]

A Concise Summary of the Gospel

According to Scripture, God gave Adam a commandment (Gen. 2:16-17).
Yet Adam—the representative of all humanity—disobeyed God's law (Gen. 3:6). God's holy law, reflecting His divine nature, requires perfect obedience, and the penalty for disobedience is death.

Because of Adam's sin—all created beings, without exception, are born into this world—desperately wicked as can be (Rom. 5:12).

No created being can meet God's perfect demands or pay the strict penalty for disobedience, explaining why looking to the perfect righteousness of another, Christ alone, is essential.

So, the garden demonstrates Adam's sin and rebellion. But, the gospel declares the Savior's righteousness because He accomplished what Adam could not (Rom. 5:18-19).

This gospel is not an offer but a proclamation of Christ's finished and saving work alone
(John 19:30).

Christ's righteousness alone refers to His law-keeping and death in the place of His elect.
Having never sinned, Jesus satisfied the demands of the law because it reflects His divine nature.

As the Savior, He died for the sheep (John 10:11), not the goats (John 10:26), and His blood is sufficient for the elect, not the reprobate.

Christ clothed the elect in His righteousness (Is. 61:10); washed all of their sins away with His blood (Rev. 1:5); redeemed them from the power of Satan, sin, death, and the curse of the law (Eph. 1:7; Gal. 3:13); reconciled them to God (Rom. 5:10); appeased the Father's wrath in their place (1 John 4:10); and resurrected for their justification (Rom. 4:25).

God credited the sins of the elect to the Son and credited Christ's righteousness to the elect
(2 Cor. 5:21). This perfect righteousness, excluding works, is the only ground of justification and assurance of salvation.

Bottom line: God does not love everyone.
God does not desire the salvation of all men.
God did not passively choose the wicked for hell because He foresaw they would reject him.
Christ did not die for all men without exception. His blood is not sufficient for all men.
And the gospel of Christ is not an offer.

Before the world's creation, God actively and unconditionally predestined the elect for heaven and the non-elect for eternal conscious torment (active and unconditional, double predestination). Therefore, God loves the sheep for whom Christ died (Rom. 5:8) and has an unremitting hatred towards the goats (John 10:26).

Hirelings will not proclaim the gospel truths above. Instead, they will use inclusive language to describe Christ's death.
Their so-called "Christ alone" messages make salvation sound like it is conditional on the sinner, not the Savior.
They do not teach about God's hatred of the goats—without unbiblical disclaimers ("hate means to love less")—and will never teach biblical election (active and unconditional, double predestination).

But the elect of the Father for whom Christ died will unashamedly proclaim God’s absolute sovereignty and what Christ accomplished (justification, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation) and for whom (the elect) because they are not ashamed of the offense of the cross.

Praise the one true God that the Holy Ghost seals the elect of the Father for whom Christ died.
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen"
(Rom. 11:36).

- by Sonny Heranandez, pastor of Trinity Gospel Church in Lexington, Kentucky

He was dead on the money until got to where every 5 pointer fails, he will not acknowledge that Christ died for the sins of the whole world.

That is the turning point where he goes further and further away from Scripture and off the rails with Calvin's theory.

 

[JD731]

Does anybody really buy into this wicked nonsense? Defining the gospel to the world as Christ died for me but not for the rest of you worthless people. Sorry about your luck!

 

[Charlie24]

Does anybody really buy into this wicked nonsense? Defining the gospel to the world as Christ died for me but not for the rest of you worthless people. Sorry about your luck!

Ken is continuously posting this stuff, I think he enjoys sticking a burr in our sides.

 

[KenH]

Then I have to ask, why do you not believe what the bible clearly states regarding salvation?

I believe in the gospel of Christ, conditioned on His finished work alone, taught in the Word of God; Christ Jesus is the LORD my Righteousness. God has delivered me from the false gospels that condition salvation in some form and to some degree upon fallen man.

 

[Silverhair]

I believe in the gospel of Christ, conditioned on His finished work alone, taught in the Word of God; Christ Jesus is the LORD my Righteousness. God has delivered me from the false gospels that condition salvation in some form and to some degree upon fallen man.

Our salvation is by grace through faith, that's biblical. We are saved when we hear the gospel and believe the gospel message, that's biblical, we are saved when we confess our faith in the risen Christ, that's biblical.

So my question for you s how do you not see that God has placed a condition on one's salvation, FAITH IN HIS RISEN SON.

 

[KenH]

So my question for you s how do you not see that God has placed a condition on one's salvation, FAITH IN HIS RISEN SON.

Christ has met all of the conditions for all of those whom God gave to Him before the world began to be their Surety and Redeemer.

Christ actually saved God's elect, not merely made it a possibility. Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

(emphasis mine)

John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

(emphasis mine)

When Christ said, "It is finished", then all is finished. He had done EVERYTHING to bring about 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

[Silverhair]

Christ has met all of the conditions for all of those whom God gave to Him before the world began to be their Surety and Redeemer.

Christ actually saved God's elect, not merely made it a possibility. Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

(emphasis mine)

John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

(emphasis mine)

When Christ said, "It is finished", then all is finished. He had done EVERYTHING to bring about 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Ken you keep answering from a view that Augustine brought into the church in the 4th century.

His people are 1] Jews and 2] those that freely trust in Him.

The work finished on the cross was the atonement, the propitiation for the sins of the whole world.

No one was saved at the cross as we are told by Paul. 1Co 15:17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

We are saved by faith in the risen Christ not the one still on the cross.

 

[KenH]

His people are 1] Jews and 2] those that freely trust in Him.

The "Jews" that are God's elect are the ones whom the Holy Spirit regenerates - they are spiritually Jews. Those whom God gave to Christ before the world began are the only ones who truly trust in the Christ revealed in the Word of God, after being regenerated by the Holy Spirit and given the gift of faith in Christ and the gift of repentance of dead works.

Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Christ rising from the dead was the proof that He had paid the sin debt of all of God's elect as their Substitute and Redeemer - when Christ died, the elect died with Him; when Christ was buried, the elect were buried with Him; when Christ arose, the elect arose with Him.

Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, ( by grace ye are saved; ) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Also, when Christ returns, all of God's elect will have their bodies resurrected and transformed to be like Christ's glorious body.

Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

 

[Silverhair]

The "Jews" that are God's elect are the ones whom the Holy Spirit regenerates - they are spiritually Jews. Those whom God gave to Christ before the world began are the only ones who truly trust in the Christ revealed in the Word of God, after being regenerated by the Holy Spirit and given the gift of faith in Christ and the gift of repentance of dead works.

Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Christ rising from the dead was the proof that He had paid the sin debt of all of God's elect as their Substitute and Redeemer - when Christ died, the elect died with Him; when Christ was buried, the elect were buried with Him; when Christ arose, they arose with Him.

Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, ( by grace ye are saved; ) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Also, when Christ returns, all of God's elect will have their bodies resurrected and transformed to be like Christ's glorious body.

Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Ken having read your post all I see in it is you reading your philosophy into the text. That's Eisegesis which is just opposite of what you should be doing.

The word of God is the standard not your C/R view. You have had more than enough scripture presented to you that proves that calvinism is wrong but you continue to cling to that errant teaching.

Joh 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Joh 5:25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Note the order there Ken, 1] they hear 2] they believe 3] they are saved.