THE GOSPEL - CHRIST IS ALL IN ALL

Feb 25 2010
The Gospel Is For Christians

by Tullian Tchividjian

The great theologian B. B. Warfield on why the gospel is needed for believers:

"There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after we have believed. It will continue to be trust as long as we live. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing; nor does the nature of our relation to Him or to God through Him ever alter, no matter what our attainments in Christian graces or our achievements in behavior may be. It is always on His “blood and righteousness” alone that we can rest."

I thought this quote used by Tullian Tchividjian in his post was worth passing on.
The extent of the Gospel's effect does not end with an initial salvation experience, with sins forgiven and heaven waiting for us. As B.B. Warfield says, "Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing".

In Colossians 1:3-6 we have a good description of the gospel at work:

"We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing--as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth"

I would also suggest the reading of Philippians 1.