I Was a Sinner. Christ Came. That’s the Gospel.
I have been in places where people have never heard the name of Jesus. Not as a tourist. Not as an observer. Standing in front of them, trying to communicate across a language barrier, using a translator, pointing to the sky, to my heart, to a cross, trying to make one thing clear: there is a God, He loves you, and He sent His Son.
You learn fast in those moments what the gospel actually is. Not a curriculum. Not a four-week series. It is a story. A true story of the One God man, what he did, and what it means for you.
I put out this video this week breaking this down from Luke 24. I called it the simple gospel, because that is what it is. Jesus himself summarized it for his disciples right before he sent them out. Christ was to suffer and die. On the third day, rise. And now repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations. That is the Gospel in its simplicity.
I am a practitioner, not a seminary professor. I say that without apology. I know what it looks like to stand in front of people who do not have the gospel and have to decide, right now, what to say. The simple gospel is enough. It has always been enough. Theology protects the message. But the message itself is simple.
The reason I made this video is because I talk to a lot of people who feel called to the nations, and almost every single one of them is waiting until they feel more ready. More trained. More equipped. I get it. But here is the truth: you do not have to know it all. Nobody knows it all.
What you have to know is this: Jesus died for sinners, God raised him, repent and put your faith in him. That is the starting line. Everything else is the race. If you have questions about this, go to ImYours.org.
