Hyperbolic The
Goodness By Rev. George F. Borghardt
of the
Gospel
The Gospel is hyperbolic. Well, it seems like hyperbole anyway. It’s so over the top! It can’t be true! It can’t be real! It’s unbelievable and simple all at the same time. It’s too awesome and too good to be true. It’s amazing! Because it’s all Jesus-y goodness.
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In Christ, your sins are forgiven—all of them. There’s not a sin that Christ did not die for; there’s not a sin that He leaves still on you. All of them— from Adam’s sin that you inherited to all the sins that you commit from the moment you were conceived to your very last breath. He has taken them all. He has redeemed you from them all. You have been given everything as a gift. All that belongs to Jesus belongs to you. You have eternal life. You have heaven. He prepares a place just for you. You are a kingly, royal, holy priest, who sings the praises of the One who brought you out of darkness
into His wonderful light. You don’t earn it. You don’t deserve it. Jesus gives His Father’s entire kingdom away! He just gives it away for free—all of it. Forgiveness, life, salvation— all as a gift. He saves not holy people, but sinners. God reconciles the whole world to Himself in the death of His Son. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us! The world certainly doesn’t work that way! You only get what you pay for and nothing is free. The Gospel is just foolishness to the rest of the world! The Gospel is absolutely moronic!
