{"id":2583,"date":"2015-10-27T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2019-06-10T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T01:48:09","slug":"the-common-goal-the-gospel-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2015\/10\/the-common-goal-the-gospel-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"THE COMMON GOAL: the Gospel . . . of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/th.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/th.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2583]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2584 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/th.jpg\" alt=\"th\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"_4tp\" data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-0\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-0\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-0.0\">\u201cThe grace of Christ\u201d is the gospel\u2026the gospel of grace!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-1\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-1\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-1.0\"> (Galatians 1:6-7) The \u201cgospel of grace\u201d has always been in jeopardy. Distortions in the grace message are constantly occurring. This results in the grace message being diluted, corrupted or exaggerated. These distortions, along with other secondary issues, are causing grace-based ministers to become polarized. The unifying factor among all grace-based ministers must be <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"_4tp\" data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-2\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-2\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-2.0\">the common bond of our union with Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-3\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-3\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-3.0\">The Apostle Paul declared that he purposed to focus on \u201cChrist and Him crucified\u201d (1 Corinthians 2:2). And if the gospel does not emphasize CHRIST (of Him, to Him, and through Him), then it&#8217;s not grace. And it is certainly not Life! Because Life is CHRIST. Only as we emphasize Jesus Christ and His Cross can we effectively advance the Kingdom of Heaven to the glory of God. Furthermore, if we are truly operating in the grace of God, then it will be expressed with unconditional love and acceptance. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-3\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-3\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-3.0\">May God grant us the grace to put aside our differences, so that we might work together for <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"_4tp\" data-offset-key=\"8f3v9-0-4\" data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-4\"><span data-reactid=\".gk.0.2.0.0.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8f3v9.0:$8f3v9-0-4.0\">the common goal of the gospel . . . \u201cthe gospel of grace.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read about <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2015\/01\/grace-distortions\/');\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2015\/01\/grace-distortions\/\">Grace Distortions &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2015\/01\/grace-distortions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright\u00a92015 Dr. Lewis Gregory\u00a0 Source Ministries International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe grace of Christ\u201d is the gospel\u2026the gospel of grace! (Galatians 1:6-7) The \u201cgospel of grace\u201d has always been in jeopardy. Distortions in the grace message are constantly occurring. This results in the grace message being diluted, corrupted or exaggerated. These distortions, along with other secondary issues, are causing grace-based ministers to become polarized. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,101,42,50,41,51],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3611,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions\/3611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}