Not Ashamed Of The Gospel

The fullness of God expressed in the person of Jesus Christ. His death. He bore your shame. You were morally and spiritually bankrupt. But He satisfied all of God's claims against you at the cross, writing 'Paid in full' across your account. His resurrection. 'Lifted up was He to die, it is finished was His cry. Now in heaven exalted high, Hallelujah, what a Savior.' And His promise is, 'Because I live, you will live also' John (14:19).

His mediator-ship. When you fail He stands before God on your behalf, offering His blood as atonement for your sin. If you saw Him now you would say, 'I am not ashamed of Jesus.' As a follower of Christ you can also say, 'I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. 'Our gospel is not education or sophistication, but salvation. It's not reformation or rehabilitation, but redemption from the penalty and the power of sin. The Bible says, 'If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new' 2 Corinthians (5:17).

We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him for the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air 1 Thessalonians (4:14-17). Jesus said, 'For a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out-those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned' John (5:28-29). In that day the Lord's Prayer will finally be answered: 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven'.

Reverend William Bowers