by faith in the mercy and grace of God who has destroyed sin and death through the birth, life, ministry, death, resurrection and continued intercession of Jesus Christ, the God-Human.

by being born from above.

Every Christian’s primary calling is to evangelize the lost. – Pastorboy

Oh really? Care to back this up biblically? Since you no longer respond to me I won’t hold my proverbial breath…

When Jesus was asked what the most important command was he responded with “Love the Lord…” and secondly “Love your neighbor…”

The first is primarily an issue of worship and obedience – no evangelism involved.

The second… when asked who is my neighbor Jesus told a parable about someone meeting the needs of a total stranger – no evangelism involved.

The final words of Jesus were a commission to make disciple the nations (in the Greek the verb is “disciple” not “make.”

Now, evangelism is but one step in making disciples. It may be the first step. But it is only one step.

Therefore, the pastor who preaches to believers is fulfilling the commission as much as someone who stands on a beach with a mega-phone.

Got it!?

We are commanded to do the work of an evangelist. I agree.

But, the call of the Christian to little more that relaying the facts of the Gospel is a modernist invention that is being, and should be rejected.

Rinse.
Repeat.

How does one get “in Christ”?

Doctrinal dianetics!

or

Doctrinetics.

2. The Gospel IS that a giant resurrection rescue is underway. As Jesus is the first fruits of the resurrection, all those in Christ will be raised!

3. The Gospel IS that we are restoring everything on this earth–As a way of cooperating with and proclaiming to all what GOD ALONE WILL FULLY ACCOMPLISH TO GOD’S GREAT GLORY!!!

4. The Gospel IS God wanting to put it all back together. THAT’S CALLED REDEMPTION! see #1-3

5a. The Gospel IS you. For God has reconciled us to God’s self and has given us a ministry of reconciliation. God has entrusted the Gospel to us and has made us the riches of God’s grace.
Our redeemed lives bear witness to the Gospel and what God is doing.

5b. The resurrection IS all around you. Everytime we exercise the Holy Spirit gifted power to choose to not sin, to love our neighbor, to do the good works predestined for us to enact.

6. This IS the historical Gospel. without the later innovation of separating out so strictly forensic articulations of justification from God’s healing sanctification. Welcome to a holistic understanding of salvation in all it’s parts and implications.