This is the greatest hour to follow Jesus.

I'm about 99% done with a book that I'm writing on the resurrection.

I finished two or three chapters in the last couple days.

And as I was writing, I felt to begin sharing what I believe the Lord has given me.

You've heard me say this before, I think it's really important

that the gospel of Jesus is seen again, not only by the world, but by the church.

When we say gospel, you probably immediately think of an altar call.

And then what we do is limit our value for the gospel to that five to ten minutes

of an altar call. But at the core, the gospel of Jesus is the person of Jesus. So I want you to say

this out loud. The gospel is the Lord of Jesus. So I want you to say this out loud. The gospel is the Lord Jesus himself,

and Jesus himself is the gospel. Say it again. Jesus himself is the gospel. Say it again. Jesus himself is the gospel. Say it again.

Jesus himself is the gospel. What we've done, and it's really, I don't, I mean, it's not like one person's fault, it's probably just the nature of humanity that's not satisfied in Jesus, that hasn't landed there yet, even within the

church. It's oftentimes very difficult to get people to land on this truth, that Jesus is enough.

There's just something in the fallen nature of man that just doesn't want to receive that.

And what you'll get is, well, I know, but, and then there's like two or three sentences.

But you have to do this.

Especially in the ministry context, especially in a church context, or launching a school.

You have well-intentioned people who come and they want to give advice or they'll want to

launch an initiative. You know, initiatives are really huge right now, metrics and all of this

stuff. And the excuses, for instance, well, the Bible mentions numbers. Yeah, it mentions numbers,

but the Bible isn't

centered on numbers. The pulse of the book of Revelation, for instance, it mentions the masses,

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