**The Full Gospel of the Kingdom - Part 10 **
The Gospel is the most important message ever delivered to us. Life without the Gospel has no lasting meaning, but a life devoted to the Gospel message is filled with meaning, significance, and eternal rewards.
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”—Mark 8:35 (NKJV)
Many people consider Paul to be the greatest of the original apostles. His life was set apart and devoted to the Gospel message.
“Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God”—Romans 1:1 (NASB)
“For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers”—Romans 1:9 (KJV)
The life of a minister of the Gospel is not an easy life. There is a high cost for living such a life. A life devoted to the Gospel is marked by suffering, but God will always be with us! God will give us the grace, the motivation, the support, and the ability to live such a life!
“Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned.”—2 Timothy 2:8-9 (NASB)
“Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God’s power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.”—2 Timothy 1:8 (ISV)
“For the sake of this gospel I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles. That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.”—2 Timothy 1:11-12 (ISV)
But even in the midst of suffering, God richly rewards us for laying down our lives in service of the Gospel.
“Jesus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel’s who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.”—Mark 10:29-31 (AMPC)
For all eternity, those who love God and devote themselves to the ministry of the Gospel will receive incredible rewards that we cannot even imagine now!
“But as the Scriptures say, ‘No one has ever seen, no one has ever heard, no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.’”—1 Corinthians 2:9 (ERV)
In obedience to Jesus’ Great Commission in Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15, let us go forth as ministers of the full Gospel of the Kingdom of God, sharing the greatest message ever delivered to mankind with power, with love, and with the full blessings of the Gospel!
“And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.”—Romans 15:29 (KJV)
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