Lie of the worlds gospel

‎"We have taken the infinitely glorious Son of God, who endured the infinitely terrible wrath of God and who now reigns as the infinitely worthy Lord of all, and we have reduced Him to a poor, puny Savior who is just begging for us to accept Him. *Accept Him*? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't *we* need *Him*?"
The book "Radical" by David Platt

The whole second chapter of this book was inspiring and eye opening. We don't realize how watered down most presentations of the gospel are nowadays until you see all of them compared to the real gospel of the Bible. The fact that people think the gospel is a repeated prayer, to sign a card, or to act a certain way, to hear that is just so sad.

The wrath poured out on Christ, the blood shed...it's all forgotten or lost.

"The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross..." (Radical)

David Platt talked about the amount of wrath God had...through the beginning of sin, all the anger towards sin God had, it was stored up, and poured out on His own Son. Think about it. We all know, whether we talk about it or not, how much God hates, despises, and loathes sin. Think about all of that wrath and anger, and He had to put it on His one and only Son.

People say that God turned His back on Christ, but in reality, He had to turn away, for He could not stand to see His son being tortured so. For what? More sinners. Us. People who are born with a hate for for God. People who treat Him like a toy, or a "Santa Clause" that, so long as we're good, He will give us gifts and bless us.

Even when we talk about God, we talk about the material things He's given us. Do we ever just say "I thank God for His sacrifice, and the blood He shed for such a sinner like me"? Rarely. We are so caught up in the worlds view of the gospel, and don't even try to correct it. How sad it must make our Father. To see such a sight as what He saw when Jesus was on the cross, and to see how we all treat the gift. We hear people tease about it, we see people use God as a tool for getting more and more...yet we keep silent.

Someday, we will all face Christ. We will all stand before Him and say "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Because of this false gospel, and Christians not living a life fully for God, but for "self" and "stuff" many will think they have what we have. Because of our lives and the way we live them, people will believed they're saved from God's wrath. How sad to think.

We think that God is begging us to come to Him, that He "needs" as many people as possible in heaven. How selfish. WE are the sinners. WE are the reason God had to suffer. God doesn't need us. He could kill us all now, not have to watch this sinful world anymore. Even though we are such filth and disgust that we should all go to hell, God still loves us. God wishes that all would come to Him, but He doesn't NEED us to. We need HIM. His love, His laws, His justice, peace, etc, etc.

We think we're good enough? Go through even one of the ten commandments. We fail miserably. Yet He still loves us. Now THAT is a God worthy to be praised.

Are we living for yourself? To have fun and "receive" things out of life? Or are we living for Christ? Willing to give up worldly comforts and the next great thing to live a life that will make people ask "what makes them different?" Are we willing to praise Him, even in the hard times" We should be able to say like Paul, "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord."