There is a whole lot more in the Gospel than just the message of the cross. Most of us have been deceived by modern day preachers who do not preach the whole council of God, even though they claim too.
My intent with this video is not to condemn, but to spark revival among those who believe the scriptures. Revival will have to start with Christians who believe God’s Word, and follow Jesus Christ. Therefore, learn these verses for yourself so that you will know what is in the Gospel and what is not.
Every Christian in the world needs to know what is in the Gospel according to the scriptures, because we must hear it and believe it in order to be sealed and guaranteed an inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14), but nobody is preaching the whole Gospel message, and most preach the exact opposite of some of the scriptures.
Ephesians 1:13-14
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. NKJV
The Apostle Paul fully preached the message that we need to hear, and believe so that we will be guaranteed an inheritance. It’s that important.
Romans15:19
19 in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. NKJVActs 20:27
27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. NKJV
What’s in the Gospel that we should be hearing?
So, what’s in the Gospel according to the Bible? One of the parts of the Gospel message we do hear today is the message of the cross; Christ died for our sins, He rose again on the third day, and was seen by many (1 Corinthians 15:3-5). Praise God.
However, that’s not a complete Gospel. What else is in the Gospel according to the Bible? According to the Gospel, salvation is through the sanctification by the Spirit, and belief in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15
13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. NKJV
If we hear the Gospel like it was meant to be proclaimed, we will hear that we’ve must be sanctified by the Spirit and believe the truth, because notice that the Gospel itself “calls us to this” according to verse 14 above. Therefore, everyone who preaches what the Bible calls the Gospel, should be preaching that.
If you have been attending church for the past twenty years, and you have never heard that we must be sanctified by the Spirit and believe the truth, then surely you cannot be in a place where the Gospel is preached. We don’t want to believe that, but right now you have a choice, assuming you can see what I am saying to you. Once you reject what I am saying, then there is no guarantee that you will ever see it again (Mark 4:24-25).
A blind guide test
I’ve been in the office of many preachers with plaques all over the wall, that could not see the verses written in their own Bibles. I know that sounds crazy, but here is a test for you. Does the following passage of scripture say that being saved is conditional; saved if?
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. NKJVIf you can see that scripture says “saved if,” meaning there is a condition to being saved, and if a condition then it cannot possibly be “Once Saved Always Saved,” then you are not blind yet. However, ask any preacher you can find that will turn to 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 in his own Bible, if being saved is conditional? If he says “No” then you will know that he cannot see “saved if,” and he may be to the point of no return (Ephesians 4:17-19).
I know that most of us believe that “being saved,” and “salvation” is the same thing. However, we got saved by believing in our heart that God’s Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, died for our sins, and God raised Him from the dead, but “salvation” as it is described in the verses above, and the verses below is a little different. Salvation is through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth (verse 13 above), and that is a part of the Gospel that we need to hear and believe before we are guaranteed an inheritance.
Go back and take a look at every verse that I have mentioned on this website and ask yourself if you believe the truth? The Word of God is truth (John 17:17). The sanctifying work of the Spirit is something that the Spirit does, but believing the truth is a whole lot more than just believing that God raised Jesus from the dead. We got to believe it all (Mark 16:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:12), and we live by all of it (Matthew 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:3).
So, when people contact me and want to argue over a verse that is clearly written in the same Bible they have been carrying for the past twenty years, what does that tell me about their inheritance? Yes sir, there are millions of Christians today, who will boldly take a stand against what is written in their own Bible, and at the same time stand up for a man-made doctrines, thinking they have the knowledge of God living in them (John 5:38).
Does the following passage of scripture suggest that we can teach the doctrines of men, such as “Go have a personal relationship with Jesus,” which is not even written in scripture, and it be okay with God?
Matthew 15:8-9
8 “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'” NKJV
According to 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 all will be condemned who do not believe the truth. That’s something that every Christian should know because more than a few of us are in the habit of picking and choosing which verses we want to hear, and ignoring the ones who don’t want to hear, all the while quoting man-made doctrines as if they are in the Bible. In situations like that, this one teaching could save a person’s soul in keeping with James 5:19-20. Glory be to God!
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. NKJV
Even Jesus said that for the people who did not believe His Word, will have that very Word that they rejected, judge them on the last day. Imagine that.
John 12:47-48
47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him — the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. NKJV
Matthew 24:35
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. NKJV
Believing the Word of God is not optional. All those who will make it into the Kingdom of Heaven believe the truth, point, blank, period. Not accepting and believing the truth is a sure sign of NOT making it into the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, go and make a list of all the verses that you don’t want to hear, and learn them. Force yourself to accept them, and believe them in your heart before it is too late.
God’s righteousness is a part of the Gospel
What else is in the Gospel according to the Bible? If we ever hear the Gospel, it will contain an explanation of God’s righteousness according to Romans 1:16-17 below.
Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” NKJV
“In it” meaning “in the Gospel” the righteousness of God is revealed, or made known (verse 17 above). The righteousness of God is a righteousness that is by faith. Imputed righteousness is based on believing as Abraham believed (Romans 4:18-24). The righteousness of God is based on faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe (Romans 3:21-22), and that is explained in the Gospel.
Abraham is our example of faith. We got to have faith in Jesus Christ, keeping His ways, just as Abraham had faith in God (Hebrews 11:17-19, Galatians 3:6), and kept the Lord’s ways (Genesis 18:19). Check it! Only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham (Galatians 3:7-9).
Also, notice that the passage of scripture above describes the Gospel itself as having the power of God unto salvation for all who believe it. Imagine that.
So far, according to the Gospel that we need to hear and believe in order to be guaranteed an inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14), we must believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins, and He rose from the dead on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4), and we must be sanctified by the Spirit, and believe the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14), which is the Word of God (John 17:17).
Assuming that we believe the truth, then we also accept that we must be righteous by faith in Jesus Christ, just as Abraham faith was imputed righteousness (Romans 4:21-24), and then the scripture was fulfilled when his faith was made perfect by his deeds (James 2:20-24). Check it.
I know this may seem strange, because only a few no-name people like myself are still preaching these things in this country, which means that 2 Timothy 4:1-4 is happening right before our eyes today. However, I want you to look these verses up in your own Bible, learn them, and then you should teach them to the Christians that will listen to you. What else is in the Gospel; continued below.
Faith is not proven by appearance
If I had to guess, I would say 99% of Christians in this country have never heard a complete Gospel, and most don’t care to. Their faith is already in their denomination, or some well respected preacher on Christian TV.
Can you imagine being so shocked that your teeth gnash in anger at those who led you astray, when all the while no one checked what they were saying even through they all carried Bibles?
Luke 6:26
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets. NKJV
Nobody asked “Where is that written in scripture?” Everybody just follows along because everything looks like its supposed to look and seems right. Everything has the appearance of wisdom (Colossians 2:20-23), but faith is not proven by appearance.
How can this huge building and these nice things not be blessed of God? You can be sure that if it was built with God’s tithe money that it is cursed, and not blessed. No building in scripture was ever built with tithe money. It was always offerings, and the tithe was always food to feed people; always. Check Deuteronomy 14:22-29.
The tithe was always food to feed people, and every third year the whole tithe was set aside to feed strangers and the fatherless, and widows, and the like (Deuteronomy 14:28-29). The only time the tithe was to be exchanged for money was if the journey was too far to take the food, and then upon arrival it was to be exchanged back into food (Deuteronomy 14:24-26).
Today because of greed, that principle has been switched around. We build big buildings that house no one and feed no one. Most preachers rob God and turn right around to declare to the people that they rob God because they don’t tithe to them.
Just as the leaven of the Pharisees is hypocrisy, so it is in their case (Luke 12:1). You will know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:19-20) and not by their appearance.
What else is in the Gospel? Obedience of faith
What else is in the Gospel that we should be hearing? Believe it or not, we’ve got to obey the Gospel. According to the Word of God in the verse below, what will happen to those who do not obey the Gospel?
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. NKJV
When Jesus comes back, He is going to come in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Does that passage of scripture tell you anything about the millions of Christians in this country who have no intentions of obeying the Gospel, or know how to obey the Gospel according to scripture?
I’m not saying that we should hate them, but that somebody needs to educate them. Everything that the Apostle did in Christ, be it signs, miracles, preaching, or anything else was to make the people obedient (Romans 15:18-19). Check it!
Romans 15:18-19
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient — 19 in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. NKJVPaul reached out to disobedient people, not to make them feel better about themselves, but to turn them from darkness to light, by preaching faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 26:18).
Acts 26:18
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’ NKJV
That’s shocking to me since there are entire denominations in this country, who believe that we don’t have to anything after we say a sinner’s prayer. They will be shocked unless someone reaches them with the truth.
Entering Jesus’ rest after we obey
Some even teach that if we tried to obey the scriptures, then that in itself would somehow disqualify us since “Jesus did it all,” and therefore we should enter His rest, but that’s philosophy teachings and millions have been taken captive by it (Colossians 2:8). The truth is that we can’t enter Jesus’ rest until after we obey Him (verse 18 and verse 6 below).
Hebrews 3:15-4:7
15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
4:1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; 5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.” 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
In the passage above, at first he gives us the example of Israel disobedience because of unbelief (verse 18 above), and the things that happened of old we written as examples for us (1 Corinthians 10:6, 11).
Then he goes on to say that the promise of entering His rest remains (chapter 4 verse 1) for those who mix faith with the Gospel (verse 2). Obedience comes from faith, and we are called to the obedience that comes from faith (Romans 1:5-6).
An example of obedience comes from faith
Allow me to give you an example of the obedience that comes from faith. Read the following scriptures and ask yourself what a believer with faith in Jesus Christ would do, and what someone who has called on the name of Jesus Christ (saved), but they have no intention of “living by faith in Jesus Christ” would do.
Matthew 6:14-15
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. NKJV
Both Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and that He died for our sins, but the one who lives by faith in Jesus Christ will forgive everyone so that he will be forgiven, just like Noah believed what God told him about the coming flood and built the ark (Hebrews 11:7). Believing God made Noah obey (Genesis 6:22).
Here is the clincher about this whole thing. Living by faith is a requirement made known to us by the Gospel (verse 17 below).
Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” NKJVSo, what happens to those who do not obey the Gospel again? They are punished with everlasting destruction (verse 9 below).
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. NKJV
Obeying Jesus Christ through faith
As you can see, obeying Jesus Christ is not optional, and that’s why the Bible says that He is the source of eternal salvation for those who obey Him (Hebrews 5:9 below), and that those who have believed Jesus Christ to the point of being saved, can indeed neglect their salvation if they do not pay close attention to the Word of God (Hebrews 2:1-2 below).
Hebrews 5:9
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, NKJV
Hebrews 2:1-3
1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, NKJV
Jesus commanded us to love one another as a new command and not as part of the Ten Commandments.
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” NKJV
If we obey Jesus through faith in Him, then we would abide in His love (John 15:9-10), and by doing so we would abide in Jesus (John 15:4-6), by which we could control indwelling sin (1 John 3:6 below). I’m not saying that we control indwelling sin directly, but we do make the choice to love one another, which is obeying Jesus, and in doing so we stop indwelling sin.
John 15:10
10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. NKJV
1 John 3:6
6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. NKJV
In this way, faith in Jesus Christ will sanctify us, which is in-line with what the Apostle Paul taught.
Acts 26:18
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’ NKJV
Some teach that we cannot stop sinning, even if we tried, but, the exact opposite is true. If we obey Jesus Christ, who commanded us to love one another (John 13:34-35), then there will be nothing on the inside of us that could make us stumble (1 John 2:8-11). At that point, the people who wanted to stop sinning, would be able to stop indwelling sinning.
If we were set free from indwelling sin, by obeying Jesus (1 John 2:10), then we would have to be tempted into sin by outside desires, which is the position that every born again Christian should be in.
1 John 2:10
He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. NKJVIn such cases, God will not allow us to be tempted into sinning beyond what we are able to bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). So at this point, if we sin, we did not chose God’s way out of temptation. Check it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. NKJV
So, if we were preaching the Gospel in this country, then we would be preaching faith in Jesus Christ just like the Apostle Paul. I couldn’t tell you the number of times I have heard a preacher say that he was preaching the apostle’s doctrine and at the same time he was preaching in total opposition to faith in Jesus Christ, as if Paul taught the opposite of what Jesus taught.
I used to write letters to many preachers from all over this country, offering my help in explaining these things, but who am I; a nobody? I often wonder why these things were revealed to me when nobody listens to me, and so I get silent at times, and then the Word in me pushes for an avenue to speak. Therefore, I speak on this site and in videos, and when asked to speak. However, it is extremely hard for me to listen to preaching live without shouting out the scriptures that are violated.
There are many other things mentioned in scripture that are a part of the Gospel that I have covered in the video. Please learn the verses for yourself. It may not be a complete list of scriptures contained in the Gospel, but it will be obvious that no church is preaching the whole Gospel.
May the Lord have mercy on all who hear His Words in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
