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The gospel
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures—concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh and was appointed to be the powerful Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection of the dead. (Romans 1:1-4)
“Appointed to be the powerful Son of God.”
I’ve been thinking on those words a lot over the past year.
Jews thought of their kings as “sons of God”. (2 Samuel 7:14, Psalm 2:6-7)
But through his resurrection, Jesus was appointed by the Father to be the ultimate Son of God, King of all kings, and Lord of all lords.
That’s essentially the gospel: Jesus is Lord of all! And this is good news!
So now we call people to “the obedience of faith.”
Put another way, we call them to come back under God’s reign.
Why?
Because we fear the wrath of a harsh Dictator?
No.
Because we believe he’s a good King who truly loves us and who knows and desires our best. That he is our salvation in this broken and dying world.
Is that the faith you live by?
Is that the faith you’re calling others to?
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