The world tells us continually, and perhaps we have come to say the same because we too believe it, that if a thing is "too good to be true," have nothing to do with it. But is it true to say that a thing is "too good to be true"? Is this an irrevocable principle? If it is, then we have no Gospel! Is Jesus Christ "too good to be true"?
If it is "too good to be true" that when a sinner turns from his sin and trusts Christ alone as his Saviour, he is forgiven and saved, then the Gospel has been completely undermined. If being saved eternally through faith in a crucified yet risen Saviour actually happens, then for many, it is "too good to be true." These are the people who have the need to work for everything they have - including their salvation; the only thing is that there is no salvation of any real kind that can be worked for.
If it is "too good to be true" that if a Christian seeks the Lord for the anointing of His Holy Spirit and is thereby empowered to do great things for Christ, then we have nothing real to offer the world. NOTHING!
The fact is that there is nothing quite like the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the best thing the world has ever known. There is no message that has the transforming power that the Gospel has because it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes in Christ. And for a mere man to preach that Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit with corresponding results is a sheer miracle. And this is something we ought to seek constantly.
The Gospel is 'good' and it is 'true.' Believe it and see!
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