BY REV. DORAL PULLEY | Today’s Church Tampa Bay
We often focus too much on idle chatter and not enough on the gospel. The gospel represents the good news, the joyous message, the truth. Therefore, let us abandon gossip and turn to the gospel.
There are two kinds of gospel: the gospel of Jesus Christ and the gospel of the kingdom. The former takes one from the world to the church, and comprises the preexistence of Jesus, his birth, his life, his ministry, his death, his burial, his resurrection, his ascension, his intercession, and his second coming. These ten aspects make up the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The apostles preached the gospel of Jesus Christ and brought many to salvation. I, for one, am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, for it has the power to save us. However, once we are saved, we need a different gospel, namely, the gospel of the kingdom. This gospel is enough to make us outgrow the church and enter the kingdom.
Jesus himself represented the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the apostles had to use Jesus to authenticate the message they preached. Now that this gospel has been preached throughout much of the world, the end will not come until the gospel of the kingdom has been preached in every corner of the earth.
You also have a gospel according to you, which describes what God has done for you and how you have been brought to this moment in your life. It is your personal testimony, your living epistle. Your gospel is your story, which includes all the trials and tribulations you have faced, the victories you have won through faith, and the miracles and wonders you have seen. Share your gospel so that we might overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimonies.
Rev. Doral Pulley is the senior pastor of Today’s Church Tampa Bay, 2114 54th Ave. N, St. Petersburg and 5107 North Central Ave., Tampa.
