"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God.”John 3:3
When Jesus left His final instructions to the church at Jerusalem He told the leadership, “…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 Therefore, this single encounter with these men shows us the importance of the gospel being preached. Therefore, it must be concluded that of all the countless messages that a minister or Pastor can preach none are more important than the gospel. God said, “…it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” 1 Cor. 1:21b Not that preaching the gospel, or any subject preached from the bible is “foolish” but that the world considers it “foolishness”. God chose to save sinners by the preaching of the gospel, God said “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God…” 1 Cor. 1:21 the world does not know God nor do they believe in God, nor do they believe in Jesus Christ, look at 1Co 1:18a “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness…” That is, to them the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is foolishness along with the death, burial, and resurrection for our salvation is also foolishness to them. The whole gospel message is only a profitable message to them that are saved by it because, “…but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” 1Co 1:18b the reason the gospel message is “powered of God”. To us that are saved it was by the preaching of the gospel, powered by God in our hearts by Holy Spirit. The gospel message alone is totally useless, this is why the world thinks it is foolishness. But when the power of God quickens the lost sinner’s heart and delivers their ability to hear the gospel, then it becomes the single greatest sermon we have ever heard. This is why Paul wrote in Rom. 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” The lost and dying world who are blinded by Satan shames the gospel before the world as non-effective. The “Christian-Religionists” world believes like the Jews, Gnosticism, and others in the bible days that the gospel is powerless and therefore making the preaching of Jesus Christ powerless and worthless. Their thinking is, it is foolish to believe that Jesus Christ can save you because you must have many works. Even though God has profoundly said that works are not part of salvation. Because works makes both grace and the preaching of the cross ineffective. This is why the “Christian-Religionists” world believes that the message of the gospel must be altered, with Jesus Christ and the power of God being removed to make it a human choice because the true power is in people and the true power is on man’s persuasion of the lost. God described these people in Romans 1:25 “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” However, to us who still preach the gospel, even though the religious world thinks it is ineffective is the most important message we can preach from the bible. It is by this single message that God’s Holy Spirit will use to save a lost sinner when He is dealing with that sinner. Everything else is just lies of Satan, so beloved do not be fooled, get the gospel out anyway possible and God will use it as He chooses to save His people.
