This weekend at CLW12 I got to learn all about the power of the gospel. I feel like the power it holds is something that we are all sort of aware of but we don't fully grasp the magnitude of it. One of the things that Casey Dunn stressed over and over again during his talks is that the gospel is UNIQUE. That concept also seemed to overlap with the other seminars I attended, so it kind of became the center of my weekend: the power and uniqueness of the good news of Jesus Christ.
Something that we've no doubt all heard at some point in our lives is that "all religions teach the same thing and lead to the same place." Well, I'm happy to inform you that that's a pretty big lie. In the words of Casey Dunn, "all other religions teach obey and therefore I am accepted, while the gospel teaches I am accepted therefore I obey." If you ask me, those are two pretty different things. While other religions tell you that the way to be a accepted by [insert a god/idol here] you have to follow and abide by a certain set of rules and regulations, the gospel tells us that God already loves us, he already accepts us, and the way we respond to that is to obey His commandment to bring others to Him.
Here's another myth I want to debunk: the gospel is NOT an owner's manual of how to live our lives, it's a proclamation of who God/Jesus are and the awesome things they've done for those they love (US!). A lot of the time we try and make the gospel (and all of the Bible for that matter) about us, when in all reality it's all about Christ. Pick a passage, read it, examine it, and I guarantee that you will find Christ in it one way or another. This is really something that stood out to me from the weekend. The fact that it's not about us it's about Christ is an awesome thing to realize, and pretty enlightening too. All too often in my life I strive to make things all about myself when it all reality only the things all do for Christ, and not for myself, will matter in the end.
The gospel, and only the gospel, truly has the power to save us from eternal death. If that doesn't resonate with you then I don't know what will. But I can honestly say that its immense power will forever amaze and convict me and I can't wait to start spending more time studying it and hiding it away in my heart (I'm always the best at that...). I hope that you are able to find some awesomeness in it too!
xoxo,
Abby just Abby
P.S. As I was writing this tonight I found myself wishing I could write my research paper with as much ease as I blog, darn English papers! ): Good luck to all you out there procrastinating on those right along side of me! (:
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