Keeping The Main Thing, The Main Thing

October 12, 2018 | By Chuck

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek"(Rom.1:16). According to Paul, the gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. (I Cor.15:1-4) The gospel is God's message of salvation to a lost and fallen world. There isn't a more relevant or more important message today. We should never be ashamed of the life changing message of the gospel. The gospel message is the main thing; we just need to keep it the main thing. I realize there are so many different teachings and issues that we disagree on. Sadly, over the years some have tried to make those doctrines and issues the main thing. Unfortunately, all that does is divide the body, which is not godly. There are some things that we may never agree on and instead of drawing lines of fellowship over those issues, we need to focus on what we do agree on. Why not focus on the gospel, living it out and sharing it with others. Know this, non-Christians don't care about issues the church is hung up on and are turned off by division in the church. The main thing is God's powerful message of salvation, the gospel. Let's do our part keeping the main thing, the main thing.