Ground Zero
Whirled views
The Bible presents clear answers to each one of those basic questions, all of which are wrapped up neatly in the gospel message - what Paul refers to in 1Cor 1:19 as the message of the cross.
- So there is a discernable message in the Bible that encapsulates the Christian worldview. That message is the gospel. And unless the gospel that we preach or hear is consistent with the answers that the gospel gives to the questions posed above, we are preaching or hearing a different gospel.
- According to the Bible, preaching a different gospel has clear and drastic consequences for the preacher. "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed (Gal 1:8-9)!"
- It is therefore imperative that preachers get the message right, and that church members know how to discern between the gospel preached rightly and the gospel whirled together with worldly "wisdom".
