I AM NOT
ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth;
to the Jews first, and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16)

The word
“gospel” means “good news”. It’s not enough to be preaching a message about
God, if it’s not “good news” then it’s not gospel. Jesus told us to preach the
gospel, which is the good news about all He had done for mankind. Some people
get mad when they hear us preach good news to sinners; they would rather we
preach hell, sin, and condemnation. They believe that it’s not right to “water
down” the message! They want the person to whom they are preaching to realize
how terrible a sinner he is, but that’s really not necessary.

The Bible
says the goodness of…