We’ve spent the last few weeks rethinking the cross. We asked hard questions about atonement, divine justice, and whether penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) really reflects the heart of the gospel. And if you missed our last article, “10 Reasons to Reject Penal Substitutionary Atonement,” I encourage you to go back and give it a read. It’s a powerful summary of why many believers today are reexamining what we’ve been told the gospel is.
But now it’s time to zoom out. Because here’s the truth:
Jesus didn’t just come to die. He came to proclaim a Kingdom.
The gospel of Jesus is not a sin-management program or an afterlife insurance policy. It’s not a legal transaction to keep an angry God off our backs. Instead, it is the arrival of a new reality that disrupts the old world with mercy, justice, healing, power, and divine love.
When Jesus announced the good news, He didn’t say, “I’m here to be punished by God in your place!” Rather, He said, “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news!“ (Mark 1:15)
Somewhere along the line, however, we traded that Kingdom vision for something much smaller. Instead, we chose a gospel that was about going to heaven when we die. We opted for a gospel obsessed with guilt instead of grace. We embraced a gospel that forgot the King and settled for a creed.
But Jesus didn’t call us to believe in a creed. He called us to follow Him.
To follow Him is to rediscover the gospel He actually preached. A gospel that proclaims liberation for the oppressed, healing for the broken, forgiveness for sinners, and hope for all nations.
What’s at stake? Everything.
If we miss the Kingdom, we risk missing the gospel itself.
That’s why we’re kicking off a very important new series on The Gospel Of Peace podcast entitled “Rediscovering the Gospel of the Kingdom.” Over the next few weeks, we’ll unpack what the gospel of the Kingdom really is, why it matters now more than ever, and how it changes everything from how we see salvation to how we live every single day.
The gospel of the Kingdom is not just about getting us into heaven. It’s about getting heaven into us.
I invite you to join us as we rediscover what Jesus actually meant by “good news” over the coming weeks. The gospel of the Kingdom is still good news for the world, for the church, and for you and me. It’s time for us to rediscover that reality and to reclaim it for our generation.
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