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"The Gospel for the Lost & Found"

"The good news is not only that our status can be changed before God the Judge but also that our corrupt nature can be healed by God the Physician. The Psalmist praises God for both benefits when he writes, "He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases" (Ps 103:3).

Therefore, the gospel message should be seen as not only a message of good news for lost people to be saved from sin’s penalty, but also as a message of good news for Christian people to be saved from sin’s domineering power. The goal of the gospel is not merely to forgive us, but to change us into true worshippers of God and authentic lovers of people.

We often reduce the gospel to "God’s plan of salvation" for lost people to be saved from sin’s penalty, not realizing that it is also "God’s plan of salvation" for Christians to be saved from sin’s power. The same gospel message that saves sinners also sanctifies saints."

Steven L. Childers, True Spirituality: The Transforming Power of the Gospel, p. 4

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