The Gospel is the power of God for salvation (Rom 1:16). The Christian life begins with the Gospel and continues in applying its truth to every aspect of life – spiritual, mental, psychological, social, economical. It affects thinking, feeling, relating, working and behaving. The gospel planted in us by God’s grace (Eph 2:8-10) continues to grow in us and renew us throughout our lives (Col. 1:27b, 1:6). Its content is to be studied, understood and applied by the Grace of the Holy Spirit constantly.

Through the Gospel we learn of God’s love, forgiveness and acceptance as his adopted children through faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning work of reconciliation on the Cross. (2 Cor 5:7, 1 Peter 3:18) The Gospel, rightly understood, gives us the knowledge of sin and Christ’s complete satisfaction of God’s wrath against sin and the gift of his righteousness over us. The illuminating power of the Gospel makes one aware of the reality of indwelling sin and the freedom of God’s grace to pursue kingdom righteousness– a freedom to admit sin more readily, to receive grace more quickly, to pursue obedience more joyfully, to view fellow believers as redeemed children of God the Father, to view those outside of Christ with compassion as fellow humans made in the image of God in need of God’s grace.

The gospel enables one to respect poor and oppressed Christians as members of God’s family from whom one can learn of the Grace of God while at the same time enabling one to love one’s neighbor outside of Christ with deeds of mercy and compassion. Where the Gospel is proclaimed, taught and applied –“where life is lived progressing toward the truth of the Gospel” (Gal 2:14) – there the healing effects of Christ will be made real. This grace of the Gospel gives Christians the faith to believe God’s power, changes social conditions and restores communities where the ravages of sinful selfishness have left their mark. 

Proclamation of the Gospel is both an act of obedience to Christ and an act of love to those who have not heard it. It is the foundation stone of  all that the Kingdom Restoration Society will ever build.

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