Hey church family, it's time for DeVos Luke chapter four.

We're going to pick it up in verse 16.

And man, crazy times, huh?

What do you do when it seems like the world is on fire

and that the things are absolutely out of control?

Well, one of the things that we know that

the gospel teaches us is that God is in control. And even when things look like they're most out

of control, like say the cross that we know that behind the scenes that God is at work in all things

for the good of those that love him and are called according to his purpose. Now, one of the conversations that happens amongst pastors, evangelicals, is this

idea of the social gospel and is the gospel social gospel? Social gospel just means, are we supposed to help those who are hurting to lift up the most

oppressed and unfortunate, et cetera, et cetera. Well, personally, I don't like, I don't think the

gospel needs any adjective at all. But what I want to look at is what the gospel is, and honestly, most evangelicals have a truncated

view of the gospel, particularly its implications.

So in 1st Corinthians 15, we know that Paul says, I want to remind you, brothers, of what I brought

to you that was of first

importance of the gospel, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus in accordance with the

scriptures. So that is the gospel in a nutshell, according to the scriptures, and it is of first

importance.

In this COVID-19 season, we've heard this phrase that people are testing positive for COVID-19,

but they are asymptomatic.

In other words, they have the virus on the inside of them, but they show no symptoms of the virus, I would contend that according to the scriptures, there is no such thing is an asymptomatic gospel-infected

person. In other words, if the gospel of Jesus Christ, the life, death, the resurrection,

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