What is the TRUE Gospel?

Please check out this link to “What is the TRUE Gospel?” at a friends blog. He says it all very well.

I suggest reading it several times. At least I did. Thinking I might know how to articulate the gospel myself, off the top of my head, I skimmed through it the first time or two. But in slowing down, trying to read it as though hearing it for the first time, or having no expectations as to what He was going to say, (stopping to smell the good news roses), I was increasingly blessed with the depth of the truth, the reality of the gift that has been given us in Christ.

Jesus is the Christ, the good news, the good news of the Kingdom, the good news of Grace, the good news of Hope, the good news of Peace, the good news of Mercy, the good news of Freedom, the good news of Love, He is the full Gospel, and He in us and we in Him.

Does it get any better than this? Apparently it does…

(1Cor 2:9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Amen

 

girl, apprehended

Trying to think of a name for this blog was a bit of a challenge. I haven’t seen the movie “girl, interrupted” but this name for the blog dropped into my mind and I wasn’t able to shake it. So I believe this was my Father’s choice.

Christ has not only become the answer to EVERYTHING in my life from big to small, micro to macro, but He is absolutely pre-eminent in all things. I find even my thoughts are in talking form with Him and not so much to myself anymore. This is different than the days when I would struggle to keep God in mind, or keep my mind fixed on aspects of Him. I hear Him much clearer, trust Him much more, and follow after more obediently, and therefore much happier.

I am so apprehended of Christ, it is almost beyond words.

Being apprehended, to me means, to be seized upon by His Spirit, so much so it is beyond my will. There is a growth one goes through that leads to the point of no return. To be this apprehended is that point. There is no turning back from here. Everything for me is now about pressing toward the mark of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus, as Paul said in Philippians 3:14.

He has apprehended me, my spirit, my soul, my heart and my will! It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me! Christ in me, the Hope of Glory!

The Holy Spirit seems now to be indicating I should be blogging and I think it’s quite possible the Father has some gems for me to find in this pastime. He often speaks when I least expect it, and sometimes through my own words. So if you get nothing out of this, maybe at least I will……

By the way, have you been apprehended?

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