The Gospel: What We Need
Radical with David Platt
David Platt
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jesus said that unless you are born again, you cannot see the kingdom of God. So what does it mean to be born again? In this message from John 3:1–21, David Platt points us to the words of Jesus to understand God’s sovereign work in our salvation. We are responsible for putting our faith in Christ, but it’s the gracious and powerful work of the Holy Spirit that makes our response possible. As those who are born dead in sin, we need more than moral improvement—we need a new heart. And that’s precisely what God gives us in the new birth.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Radical with David Platt, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages |
| 0:05.5 | from pastor, author and teacher David Platt. |
| 0:10.8 | If you have a Bible and I hope you do, let me invite you to open with me to John chapter |
| 0:16.9 | 30. |
| 0:17.9 | And as you're finding John chapter 3, let me encourage you to pull out the notes that |
| 0:24.0 | are in the worship guide you received. |
| 0:26.7 | When you came in tonight, a little guide or time in the word, this evening may be a very |
| 0:42.6 | important evening, one of the most important evenings in your life. |
| 0:48.9 | When I say that, not to be dramatic, believe this word is too good and too important to |
| 0:56.8 | be dramatic, but I say that because I believe that a word has something eternally important |
| 1:06.9 | to say to many of us tonight. |
| 1:10.0 | There's nothing new or novel that I want to put in front of you, but at the same time |
| 1:16.6 | from the start of our time I want, I want to ask you to pay close attention tonight to |
| 1:23.7 | truths that we're going to see come from John chapter 3. |
| 1:28.7 | Last week we looked at the objective basis of salvation in the gospel. |
| 1:36.3 | We looked at the gospel, telling us that the just, just and gracious God of the universe |
| 1:41.5 | looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent his son, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, |
| 1:48.2 | to bear his wrath against sin on the cross and to show his power over sin in the resurrection |
| 1:54.1 | so that all who have faith in him will be reconciled to God forever. |
| 1:59.0 | This is the gospel. |
| 2:02.4 | It's the gospel that many people know the majority of us in this room I'm guessing, no. |
| 2:11.8 | But the reality is for we ended last week is knowing that in and of itself still not |
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