Thank you, Dr. Carson for drawing out the beautiful tapestry of the gospel of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. What a privilege to live under His reign. May His Kingdom come!
I am so thankful for Dr. Carson's teaching - it has been profoundly changing the way I see scripture! Also, I would totally sit for as many hours as would be needed to hear his survey of the entire bible on this particular topic (5:05) hahaha. 😋
2 Tim 3:7 GOD is Love and Love is GOD. A GOD who Cannot Lie nor Fail! When do you get to the Works of the Lord, Loving your neighbors, your brethren and your enemies? When do you get to letting the Light shine that men may SEE your good works to glory in the Lord? If it IS GOD who is Doing the work in man for the Lords Good will and Pleasure, when do you get to this? If so many people who call themselves Christians are Truly Christians. Why would they still NOT Look like Christ, Doing the Works of the Lord (seeing how the Word Christian means Christ-Like) Filled with Love and Understanding, (the Spirit of GOD) knowing that GOD Cannot Fail in HIS work. All trees Will be known by their Fruit. A Good tree CANNOT bare Bad fruit, neither can a BAD tree bare Good fruit (According to the Most High GOD)? When does a person get Transformed into that Righteousness in order to be an Example for the people? That GOD is True? God is Not the author of Confusion, this comes from the enemy. Do not let the enemy still from you the Simplicity that IS the Gospel of Christ. So simple a Child Can Understand. Christ sheep knows His Voice and another they Will Not Answer. If the Gospel of Christ is the power of (GOD) given to Man for Salvation (by GOD). And Christ commanded His (12) disciples to Preach and Teach ONLY those things that HE had Given to them. (Christ) sent Paul out to Preach and Teach that Gospel of Christ to the Gentiles that was Necessary for them to Believe and be Transformed. (They had NO need for OLD testament explanations because they had No knowledge of that teaching because they were Not under that Covenant) Strictly demanding that IF Any other Gospel be Preached, let them be accursed. Believe Only the Lord our Christ, for the True and Living God has Confirmed that HE sent His Son (with the Truth and Grace) that man might be Saved(Changed) if they would Only BELIEVE the Son!!!
Love cannot be God. The Bible speaks of many different kinds of love (different Greek words), some are self-centered and tied to human feelings, not to God's plan. Beware Carson's role in The Gospel Coalition, a "social justice" organization.
The Gospel is a person not the Kingdom nor the Church, but a Person as Simeon said in Luke chapter 2, a righteous and devout man who was waiting for the consolation of Israel and was taught by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he has seen God's Messiah, and so he was guided by the Holy Spirit to enter the Temple as Joseph and Mary where entering the Temple of God at Jerusalem to present the Virgin Mary's baby boy , that the Angel of the Lord called Jesus, Jehovah, and Emmanuel in Matthew chapter 1v18 , and God's Holy Son, the Son of the Highest, in Luke chapter 1v31-35, Simion takes Him into his arms and blesses God and say My eyes have seen your Salvation, that you have prepared for all the Gentiles and for the glory of your people Israel, and in order for this to come to pass a Sword would pass through Soul and the soul of His mother Mary, so God's salvation for both Jew and Gentile would be found in His Holy Highest Son , His Messiah who would by murdered so that all Jews and Gentiles would find mercy from God Him, and we are taught in John chapter 1v1-14, that this Jesus Emmanuel , Holy Son of the Most High God, is the Eternal Creator who is the Creator ofv the complete Cosmos , who is eternal Life and eternal Light, who imparts both to men and women who receive Him by faith, in v12. this means that Eternal Salvation and Eternal Life is a Person
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! God resurrected the Messiah! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
