18. The Gospel of Christ is the greatest blessing
Romans 1:16-17
1. The Word of the Gospel
1) In the New Testament, the word translated as gospel in Korean is euangelion in Greek. This word is derived from Euangelos and has the meaning of good news or reward for good news.
2) Blessed news in Chinese characters, good news in English, Good News, Gospel.
2. What can be so good news and blessed news to the people of the world?
1) Getting rich for the poor The news of making money is good news for the poor, but it is not very good news for those who are already rich and making money.
2) The news of being healed by a sick and dying person is good news
But for those who live in good health, it's not very good news.
3) News of a happy life is good news for an unhappy person.
But it's not very good news for people who think they're living happily ever after.
4) For those living in oppression and suffering, the news that they can live freely is good news. However, this is not good news for landlords or rulers who live by entrusting and controlling their servants.
3. Then what can be the good news of joy to all people in the world?
1) It is the news that the problem of death that makes everyone despair can be solved.
2) Right now, rulers who earn money, live well as rich people, are healthy, happy, and live by commanding others, and those who enjoy all the power and wealth in this world are in despair because of this problem of death.
3) The news that the problem of death can be solved for mankind in the despair of death is the most joyful good news for all mankind.
4) This news is the gospel. (The news of life even after death, the news of eternal life, and the news of the resurrection are the most joyful and blessed news to all mankind.
5) We are the ones who hear this news, believe in Jesus who gives eternal life, and are called as gospel preachers who deliver the most joyful news to the people of this world.
(Jn 11:25-26) -Jesus said, "I am the hatching and the life. Whoever believes in me will live even if he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
6) Jesus proved it by raising Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, from the tomb.
Since Jesus himself rose from the dead, he proves that he is the firstfruits of the resurrection.
7) Those who have not been able to solve the problem of death will end up unhappy and vain.
(1) Solomon confessed that although he enjoyed everything the people of the world pursued, he eventually confessed that it was futile, which shows that a life without solving the problem of death is futile.
(2) What was it that made me confess that the fear of God was true?
It is because they came to know the gospel of God, who gives life again even after death.
3. Worldly people do not know spiritual death.
1) It is the gospel that testifies to the resurrection of people who live again even after death, but they think that all people who believe in Jesus die, but people in the world are talking nonsense. (Because only the death of the body knows)
2) Physical death -separation of the soul from the body (departed, passed away. The body becomes a corpse)
Spiritual death -Spiritual separation from God because the human spirit sins against God. This is spiritual death.
This dead spirit must be born again before it can see God and enter the kingdom of God.(John 3:1-6)
3) All deaths are separation- Households, celebrities, politicians
4) True vine and branches -When branches are separated from the vine, they die.
5) Jesus is the life of the spirit (John 14:6) -Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life
All human beings who are separated from Jesus are in a state of spirit death.
If you believe in Jesus, you have eternal life (John 3:16)
6) What is eternal life if you believe? By believing in Jesus’ death for our sins and resurrection as our death for our sins and resurrection for our righteousness (Rom 6:3-7)
(1) Parable of the death of the body
The tree leaves and the life hidden in the tree (Leaves fall, the death of the body is the fall of the leaves, but just as a life invisible to the naked eye is hidden in the tree, even if the body dies, the spirit lives on.)
(2) We practice dying and resurrecting once a day throughout our lives, but we live without knowing it.
(3) All seeds show death and resurrection by falling into the ground and dying. (1 Corinthians 15:12-22,35-44)
(4) Physical death is a metaphor explaining spiritual death. Real death is spiritual death, real life is spiritual life.
3. Why did this death that makes all mankind despair come?
1) Because of the law given to Adam (Genesis 2:17)
2) Because of the law given to that one man, Adam, all human beings became sinners (Rom 5:12).
(1) If God had not given Adam a law, he would have no reason to sin,
(2) He has no reason to die if he has not sinned;
(3) If there is no despair of death, there is no need for a savior to come.
(4) There is no need for the savior Jesus to come, and if Jesus had not come, there would be no way to know God's love or grace.
(5) If you do not receive God's grace and love, there is no reason to give glory to God forever and ever.
(6) In the end, God's plan is that all human beings became sinners according to the law given to Adam, and God gave His grace and love to human beings who were in despair of sin and death so that they could glorify God for ever and ever.
(7) If you believe in Jesus, who solved the problem of sin and death, you will be saved and become a child of God with eternal life.
God has a grand and deep plan to obtain all the blessings of the kingdom of heaven through His perfect grace. (Rom 11: 31-36)
(8) The gospel is to convey to the people of the world the news that God has solved the problem of man's sin and death.
4. The law given to Adam brings death, but the gospel of Jesus gives life.
1) Jesus, the second Adam, could come by the law God gave to the first Adam.
2) When Jesus came, the devil who caused mankind to sin will be judged, and humans who have been enslaved by the devil will reach a precious position where they can receive all the blessings in Christ.