“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures”
1 Corinthians 15:1-4


Many believe that Christians don’t need to hear the gospel because they are already believers. I, for one, disagree. I love to hear the gospel preached, when preached correctly. I love to hear – again and again – what Christ has done.

The problem is that we don’t hear the gospel preached enough! Sometimes, for the message preached on Sunday, I just want to hear the gospel – from man’s depravity, weakness, helplessness, and filthy rag righteousness to the holiness, justice, love, and righteousness of God. Just thinking about it makes me rejoice that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8); that we were without strength, but Christ died for the ungodly (Romans 5:6); that we were enemies of God and are now reconciled; that we were to receive wrath from Him, now glory in Him!

My heart does rejoice, and my eyes weep with gratitude. How great and glorious is our God!