Your Testimony Is Not the Gospel

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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A Christian's testimony may be good news of a changed life, but in and of itself, it's not the gospel. In this episode, R.C. Sproul reiterates that the power of God unto salvation lies in the message of Jesus Christ's life, death, and resurrection on behalf of sinners.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Nathan W Bingham, host of Renewing Your Mind, and I want to invite you to join us in
0:05.7	Orlando for our Ligonier National Conference. Beginning May 23rd, Christians from around the
0:10.9	world will gather to hear biblical teaching and enjoy fellowship together.
0:15.4	This year's theme is the way, the truth, and the life.
0:18.9	Over three days, we'll focus on the person and work of Jesus Christ.
0:23.1	To learn more and register, visit Ligonier.org
0:26.2	slash 2024.
0:30.6	When we want to know how we should approach a watching world and a world that is dying, a world that is pagan,
0:38.0	what gospel do they need to hear? It is the life and ministry of Jesus.
0:47.0	Now we hear people all the time say I'm committed to the gospel, to preaching the gospel,
1:01.1	to sharing the gospel. And yet if we look the is their sharing, you know, I may share with my neighbor that Jesus changed my life.
1:18.4	That's a wonderful testimony, but it's not the gospel.
1:28.0	I can say to my friends, I've got good news for you, God loves you.
1:32.0	That is good news, but it's not the gospel. In New Testament categories, the gospel is understood in terms of a definite
1:40.4	content.
1:43.2	And that content is not about me, and it's really not about you.
1:49.6	The content focuses attention on the person and work of Jesus on who he is, what he is done, and then it is added how the benefits of his ministry can
2:09.5	received by us in faith. Now on several occasions in the book of acts we get examples of
2:18.4	apostolic preaching. We get examples of what the scholars call the Karigma, which is just a fancy word for
2:27.8	the proclamation of the early church.
2:30.7	And when we want to know how we should approach a watching world and a world that is dying,
2:36.0	a world that is pagan, what gospel do they need to hear?
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