Nuggets from "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" by Dave Hunt - The Non-negotiable Gospel

Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith” by Dave Hunt – The Non-Negotiable Gospel

Salvation comes on God’s terms and by His grace, and we negotiate the gospel neither with God nor with one another. “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world” (1 John:4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
See All...). Salvation is a work of God and His Son. We either believe it or reject it. We don’t “dialogue” about it. Nor does any church or religious organization have a franchise for dispensing it. Salvation is free from God without any “middleman.” It is granted to “whosoever” will take God at His word and accept His pardon by faith.

It is also called the “gospel of Christ” (Mark:1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
See All...; Romans:1:16For 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.
See All...; 15:19; 1 Corinthians:9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
See All...). He is the Savior and salvation is His work, not ours, as the angels said: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke:2:11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
See All...). Salvation could be accomplished only by Christ, and when He had paid the full penalty by suffering on the Cross for our sins, He cried in triumph, “It is finished” (John:19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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Paul specifies the gospel that saves: “that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures”: (1 Corinthians:15:3-4 [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
See All...). “I am the door,” said Christ: “By me if any man enter in, he shall be saved” (John:10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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The gospel contains nothing about baptism, church membership or attendance, tithing, sacraments or rituals, diet or clothing. If we add anything to the gospel, we have not only declared it to be insufficient but have corrupted it and thus come under Paul’s anathema in Galatians:1:8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
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