Did you know that not everything in the Bible is gospel? Certainly all of the Bible is “God-breathed, useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction and for training up in righteousness” But the gospel is something specific. Paul and Jesus expected us to search the scriptures; when we do we are led to Isaiah 52-55 first of all. The gospel is the news of the coming of the seed of David, that root out of dry ground. He took on our sins. He healed, righted, all of us who were so wrong. The gospel is justice. It is, to quote the famous hymn, “God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, remember Christ our savior was born on Christmas day.” Though we put Jesus on the cross, God meant it for our good. The salvation of the cross is for Christ-killers like us. But there are other parts of the Bible as well, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” A man once told me that he could always repent, sometime in the future. I was dumbfounded. How do you know you will able to repent? When Jesus comes again, one may be so used to turning from him, denying him, one will walk oneself right into hell. Let’s read all the Bible, all of it is for our good.
