Monday, November 19, 2007

What is the truth of the gospel?

The gospel is the good news that we sinners, guilty and under the judgment of God, may be pardoned and accepted by (God's) sheer grace, His free and unmerited favor, on the ground of his Son's death and not for any works or merits of our own. More briefly, the truth of the gospel is the doctrine of justification (which means the acceptance of God) by grace alone, through faith alone." John Stott

"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us"
Galatians 3:13