What is the True Gospel?

What is the True Gospel? If you're theology is changing and you’re finding out the you believed a different gospel, and you want to know what IS the true gospel of Christ, hope this conversation helps: Charles NChrist Ademolu wrote: If you're proclaiming a message that starts with any variation of: You're a sinner... You were on your way to hell but Jesus... God punished Jesus though you deserved it... Let Jesus into your heart... In order to be saved you must... If you reject Christ, God will reject you... God loves you only because of Jesus... Jesus died for you, now you must... If you say this prayer, then you'll be saved... All you must do to be saved is believe... You were unworthy but He loved you enough... God loves you, but... It. Isn't. The Gospel. ♥ Someone asked: So what is the gospel? Elana Polinger wrote: The gospel is not what the old covenant of the law taught us... that God is a blood thirsty vampire who demanded blood (payment) for our sins. Jesus came to reveal our true Father to us.. that He freely gave us all things; NOT by payment. God is not a debt collector; collecting payment for our debt (sins). When we find the good news of our identity (the true gospel who is Christ) we find who we are..... we are as God is. God is Love and that's who we are. There is no other false man made graven image. Whatever way the world measures us, it always sees the wrong in us and tells us how to fix it. It cannot see the right in us. It cannot understand righteousness APART from performance (works). But the original design of our identity is revealed in Christ who became man (human) to show us, through His relationship with God, what our true relationship with the Father looks like. His relationship with the Father is ours. Our image is reflected in Him as in a mirror. He mirrors who we are. How awesome is this? That's the true gospel. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It tells you, if you stand so long on a street corner, if you distribute so much literature, if you sacrifice so much of life, if you are baptized, if you contribute your money, if you pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation. Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. It really is finished! There is nothing you need to do to please God, or become like Him... you ARE!!!! And always have been. Just because Adam believed a lie about himself does not mean God's truth about mankind was erased. We have always been Sons even when we submitted to the doctrines of the law and saw ourselves as slaves.