(Source: What is the Gospel?)
Horton states that the Gospel is “a very precise term. It is not equivalent to whatever is good and important in Christianity. Gospel is a very particular word, or kind of speech in the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation the Gospel is God’s promise of a Son who will crush the serpents head, forgive the sins of His people, raise them from the dead, and give them ever lasting life solely on the basis of His grace for the sake of Christ.”
He also states that the Gospel “never tells us something to do. The Gospel tells us about something that’s been done.” He addresses the statements such as living and doing the Gospel by explaining that we need to do the Law. He says doing the Gospel is a category mistake. If we confuse Law and Gospel we will “make ourselves partly our own saviors.”
Whether you agree with Dr. Horton or not, I’m sure most will agree with some of his final words that we need “greater clarity on what we mean by the Gospel.”
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The above article was posted on February 15, 2011
