What’s the TRUE Gospel?

 What was Jesus’ main assignment on earth? What was the main reason He came to earth?

What was it that He came to preach?

Was it so that man could be born again?

Was it to redeem mankind of its sin-nature?

Was it to destroy the works of the devil?

Was it to be a witness of the truth as He told Pilate?

Was it to die on the cross or to resurrect from the dead?

All these are good answers, but the Word of God says that He came to redeem THAT which was lost. As soon as Jesus started to preach, He said, “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is here.” The “fall of man” was actually the loss of the dominion of man on earth. Man was no longer a representative of the Kingdom of God. So the promise of redemption was to restore the Kingdom. Man had lost the rulership of God’s Kingdom on earth.

God’s will is not only for man to be in Heaven. “Father, do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil.” (Jn 17:15). And He gave us the power to overcome evil through sending His Holy Spirit as our helper.

God’s intention (or will) was for man to rule on earth, as it is in heaven, with His authority and power. So the program of salvation was not only for us to have eternal life in Heaven, but to reinstate the Kingdom of God on earth and the rulership to man. All the other reasons for Christ’s coming to earth were essential parts of the main program but not the main goal. Calvary was only a part of the program, but not the ending.The cross was only a part of the program. Jesus didn’t preach calvary nor should we preach the cross. They’re part of the program that takes us to the good news of the Kingdom of God being reestablished on earth and reassigned to man.

The Kingdom was originally given to Adam. After Adam disobeyed, immediately God promised that He’ll get the Kingdom back. He told the serpent, “My seed will crush your head (authority)”  He more or less said, “Not to worry, we’ve got this, I’ll take back the government through my seed.”

Remember what Jesus said, “I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” (Lk 4:43). That’s why Jesus came, to regain that which was lost. The government of God. To return it to man. When you realize you’re a governor, your attitude changes. You can walk in peace. Because you know everything is covered by God, in the government of God.

Check out this prophecy in Isaiah 9:6-11: “For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of His government and peace, there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over His Kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.” 

God’s bringing back the power for you to overcome all your problems and to destroy the works of the devil as Jesus demonstrated. You’ve not only been made righteous, a son of God, but God’s promises are His children’s rights. Your rights are what moves God. Whatever your needs are. “And all these things (needs) will be added unto you.”

Jesus’ number one goal, after His resurrection, was to send the Holy Spirit back into everyone. “His Spirit into all flesh.”  The first thing He did was to breathe the Holy Ghost into His disciples (Jn 20:22). The goal of the cross was to “clean you up”, bring you back in fellowship with God, through Christ’ righteousness, so the Holy Spirit could get into you and you could manage God’s Kingdom, through Holy Ghost power. So, understanding how the laws of the Kingdom of God work is a very important thing.

So, we must preach and demonstrate (manifest) the Kingdom of God. –Not prosperity, not the cross, not healing, not casting out demons. All those aspects of God’s power and provision are byproducts of the power of the Holy Ghost, and our rulership as God’s children and co-heirs with Christ, on earth as His Viceroy of the Kingdom of God.

And we have the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our life, against which there’s no law. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (Gal 5:22,23). 

(To be continued)