The Gospel is made more prevalent in today's world than any other time in history. Millions upon millions of Bibles are being distributed throughout the world. Jesus Christ is the most popular man in the world. Yet why here in America, are we seeing the culture reject these age old values? Why is it no longer politically correct to say Merry Christmas, or say a prayer in school? Why are Christian businesses being forced to shut their doors simply for expressing their support of traditional marriage? Ladies and gentleman I believe I know the answer to these troubling questions. Its because the Biblical Gospel is not being preached, it has been replaced with man's reformed gospel. Some call this the prosperity gospel.
The prosperity gospel takes the truth presented in the Bible, then distorts it to filter out the conviction and just leave the feel good aspects of the truth. An example of this would be something like "Jesus loves you, died for you, so that you may experience the everlasting joy of eternal life with God. Trust in Christ and you will be blessed with both spiritual and physical joy, embrace Christ for a better life". To the low information Christian this excerpt has nothing wrong with it and sounds great. To the Biblically sound Christian this excerpt leaves out many important factors of the real Gospel. When we Christians preach about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we shouldn't try to convince people with our own abilities, this leads to exactly what we see today. The gospel being spun and sugared up to fit society's wants. We need to return to what the Bible says and rely on the Holy Spirit to do the converting. What we should be preaching should sound a little like this...
"Romans 3:23 states that we all our sinners before a holy God. The Law of Moses demonstrates that God requires perfection and none of us can live up to such a standard. A price must be paid for rebellion. Romans 6:23 states that the wages of sin is death. An eternity in Hell is our payment for treason against our creator. But God loves us too much to leave us hopelessly condemned. Christ paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross, and just as he rose from the dead we too can be resurrected into eternal life. Acts 16:31 states that we all must believe in Christ and what he did, for our salvation. It is merely not enough to believe that God exists for according to James 2:19 even the demons believe in God. We must all turn from our sins and rely on Christ for our salvation. This alone will lead us into God's kingdom and we all can rejoice in that fact". That there is the Biblical Gospel. As the Bible says in Romans 10:4 Christ is the fulfillment of the law so that we too can be counted righteous before a righteous God. We must not ignore the law for the law is what brings light to our sins. If our sin is never made visible, we will not feel the conviction to repent and without repentance no one can be saved. For how can someone be saved if they don't know what they are being saved from?
So the main difference between the Biblical Gospel and man's gospel we see today, is that one uses the law and sin to bring forth the conviction required for repentance and ultimately salvation, while the other one simply taps into the good feelings of people to produce a belief in god simply to receive a better life materialistically rather than to be forgiven of sins. The demons love the prosperity gospel because they live it out everyday. They believe in god and selfishly act to advance their will. But the Biblical Gospel is what really transforms lives by utilizing the Holy Spirit to bring people from darkness to light, from sin to righteousness, from death into life.
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