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Why Is The Gospel Such Good News? | Episode #354 | Encore Episode #25 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stores, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: for it is the power of God to salvation for
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  Speaker 2: everyone who believes, for the jew first, and also for
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  Speaker 2: the Greek Romans one sixteen. Why is the gospel such
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  Speaker 2: good news? In order for us to understand the hardships
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  Speaker 2: and misfortunes of others. We have to walk am out
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  Speaker 2: in their shoes. If we are asked today, what is
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  Speaker 2: the reason for the gospel and why is it such
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  Speaker 2: good news? How would we be able to communicate that
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  Speaker 2: meaning to those who perhaps have never heard, or if
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  Speaker 2: having heard, did not apply the power of the gospel
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  Speaker 2: to their own lives. The apostle Paul was faced with
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  Speaker 2: similar conditions as he proclaimed the gospel. He said that
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  Speaker 2: he would only preach Jesus Christ and him crucified. Have
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  Speaker 2: we moved into an area of intellectual reasoning that does
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  Speaker 2: not proclaim the power of the gospel. Paul stated that
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  Speaker 2: he was not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 2: because it was the power of God for salvation to
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  Speaker 2: jew and Jenny. Paul also stated that the Gospel did
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  Speaker 2: not come in preaching the word only, but in demonstration
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit. When John was awaiting his death
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  Speaker 2: sentence in Herod's Dungeon, he sent his followers to Jesus
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  Speaker 2: to ask if he was the messiah or should they
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  Speaker 2: look for another. Jesus instructed John's followers to go and
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  Speaker 2: tell John what you hear and see the blind, see
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  Speaker 2: the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed the deaf. Here
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  Speaker 2: the dead are raised, and the poor are told the
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  Speaker 2: good news. Jesus proclaimed this Gospel of the Kingdom will
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  Speaker 2: be preached in all the world as a testimony to
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  Speaker 2: all nations. In Matthew twenty four, verse fourteen, in his
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  Speaker 2: farewell address to all believers, Jesus demanded, all authority has
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  Speaker 2: been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go
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  Speaker 2: therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
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  Speaker 2: the name of the Father and of the Son and
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I
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  Speaker 2: have commanded you. And remember I am with you always
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  Speaker 2: to the end of the age. Again from Matthew twenty eight,
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  Speaker 2: verses eighteen through twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns Album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scripture are read from the Homan Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers from Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: The good news is forgiveness for the sinner, healing for
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  Speaker 2: the sick, deliverance for the demonized, site for the blind,
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  Speaker 2: and freedom from bondage. Jesus demonstrated the Gospel and empowers
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  Speaker 2: us to demonstrate it with him to all the world.
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  Speaker 2: For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: for it is the power of God to salvation for
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  Speaker 2: everyone who believes, for the Jews first, and also for
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  Speaker 2: the Greek Romans one sixteen. And that is today's Reflection
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  Speaker 2: on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. Or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.