Why We Need the Gospel (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The Titanic’s lifeboats seemed irrelevant since the ship was declared unsinkable. When it was sinking, however, it was a different story. Similarly, many disregard the Gospel—until they need a Savior. Hear more on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | The You're going to do you. |
| 0:13.0 | Do you do you do you do you do |
| 0:15.0 | do you do When the Titanic headed out to sea, nobody really paid any attention to the lifeboats. |
| 0:31.0 | After all, the ship had been declared unsinkable. But as soon as the ship hit the iceberg and was in fact sinking, it was a different story. |
| 0:39.0 | It's like that with the Gospel, too. No one is really interested in being saved |
| 0:43.9 | until they see their need for a savior. |
| 0:47.8 | Today on Truth for Life, |
| 0:49.1 | Alistairbegg addresses the reality of God's wrath. |
| 0:53.0 | Romans chapter 1 and beginning to read at verse 16. |
| 1:05.0 | Paul writes, for I'm not ashamed of the Gospel, |
| 1:08.0 | for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
| 1:16.0 | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written the righteous shall live by faith. |
| 1:25.0 | For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who by their unrighteousness |
| 1:37.2 | suppress the truth. |
| 1:39.7 | For what can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them. For his invisible |
| 1:45.8 | attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived ever |
| 1:51.8 | since the creation of the world in the things that have been |
| 1:54.6 | made. So they are clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made. |
| 1:56.6 | So they are without excuse. |
| 2:00.1 | For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, |
| 2:05.0 | but they became futile in their thinking and their foolish hearts were darkened. |
| 2:10.0 | Claiming to be wise, wisely became fools |
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