{"id":4256,"date":"2013-03-22T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2013-03-22T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:12:14","slug":"how-much-of-the-gospel-do-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/how-much-of-the-gospel-do-you-want\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much of the Gospel Do You Want?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news of the gospel is that, in Christ, we are no longer condemned for our sin (Romans 8:1). It is also good news that we are no longer slaves to sin (Romans 6:17). Here’s a good word on the gospel’s life transforming purposes in our lives:<\/p>\n

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I would like to buy about three dollars worth of gospel, please.<\/p>\n

Not too much\u00e2\u20ac\u201djust enough to make me happy, but not so much that I get addicted.<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want so much gospel that I learn to really hate covetousness and lust.<\/p>\n

I certainly don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want so much that I start to love my enemies, cherish self-denial, and contemplate missionary service in some alien culture.<\/p>\n

I want ecstasy, not repentance; I want transcendence, not transformation.<\/p>\n

I would like to be cherished by some nice, forgiving, broad-minded people, but I myself don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to love those from different races\u00e2\u20ac\u201despecially if they smell.<\/p>\n

I would like enough gospel to make my family secure and my children well behaved, but not so much that I find my ambitions redirected or my giving too greatly enlarged.<\/p>\n

I would like about three dollars worth of the gospel, please. (pp. 12-13)<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dD. A. Carson,\u00c2\u00a0Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(Baker, 1996)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

HT: Justin Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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