TRUE GOSPEL MESSAGE!!

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 4:17

Looking back at Matthew 4:17 we see that this is what Jesus started preaching. A lot different than what we hear in today's church right?

That is because a lot of today's church lacks the movement of the holy spirit and the workings of signs and wonders. But in order to get these things we must first start with the true gospel message.

As we go further into Matthew we see that Jesus  sends out the apostles and tells them to preach, saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand, followed by telling them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, freely you have received , freely give. (Matt. 10:7-8)

So what is this true gospel message and how do we step into the realm of the kingdom?

This question brings us back to Matthew 5:13-16, following Jesus telling us how blessed we are when we hunger for him (among other things. See Matthew 5:3-12 Beatitudes). In Matthew 5, Jesus tells us who we are before he tells us the ways that we should live. He says that we are the light of the world, the salt of the earth. When's the lat time you heard that in a church service?

The church has watered it down to call us, sinners or that it's our nature to sin. This is clearly not what Jesus said about us. The problem in the church (and christianity) today, is that we will believe people and ourselves before we ever believe Jesus own words about us.

So how about we stop telling people that they are dreadful sinners and start telling people the TRUTH. It's called LOVING people the way Christ did!