{"id":3447,"date":"2014-06-02T22:54:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T02:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2014-06-09T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:01:49","slug":"3447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=3447","title":{"rendered":"The gospel is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>II Thessalonians 3:1<br \/>\nPray&#8230;that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is the &#8216;basic message&#8221; of the gospel?<\/p>\n<p>a. The gospel is how it all adds up. It doesn&#8217;t add up otherwise.<br \/>\nb.\u00a0The gospel is the promise of the resurrection, of life beyond death.<br \/>\nc.\u00a0The gospel is the revelation of the love of God. Amazing love. Unconditional love. Forgiving love.<br \/>\nd.\u00a0The gospel is a decision I&#8217;m compelled to make. Will I spurn the love of God and, careless, turn away?<br \/>\ne. The gospel is the voice of one calling out in a wilderness to rescue those who have lost their way.<br \/>\nf. The gospel teaches me that in order to accept who He is, a merciful Savior, I must accept who I am, a guilty sinner in need of His mercy.<br \/>\ng. The gospel is the Great Exchange, my sinfulness for the righteousness of Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nh. The gospel is laying down my rebellion, and submitting to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>II Thessalonians 3:1 Pray&#8230;that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified. What is the &#8216;basic message&#8221; of the gospel? a. The gospel is how it all adds up. It doesn&#8217;t add up otherwise. b.\u00a0The gospel is the promise of the resurrection, of life beyond death. c.\u00a0The gospel is the revelation of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=3447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The gospel is&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}