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Originally Posted by JohnOwen007  In short, the gospel is: Christ is saviour (hence the demand of faith) and Lord (hence the demand for new life). |
Is it not the case that when Peter presents the Gospel both in Acts 2 and 3 that "repent and turn" is at the fore of his presentation in the looming shadow of the announcement of the Gospel. There is a real storm cloud of judgement looming in the News that the Son of God was put to death on the Cross at the hands of lawless men who prefer a murderer.
But God, who is rich in mercy, prepared that instrument of the Curse before the foundation of the world to be the place of blessing. Believe upon Him!
The Cross itself is almost like the Law in one sense that it can be a place of great wrath for those that reject the announcement of Christ's suffering or the place of blessing for those that rest in His finished work.
Why do we have to choose to make the Gospel announcement one or the other?