What Has Been Done.

What Has Been Done.

John 6:28-29NIV

The gospel is not a call to do something, but an announcement of what has been done. The gospel is 100% good news. Good news that is for you.

“The gospel is so good, you’ve got to tell somebody.” P.H

The key in this life is to become a— victorious christian.

This I believe: If you can get someone to receive the gospel, this “good news” will come into their lives loud and clear.

If ‘one’ really hears the gospel, it demands attention. The attention you give it, will exponentially produce a return with big spiritual dividends.

John 6:28-29NIV Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

Jesus states, “Believe in Me.”

The gospel means good news! Here’s good— news. Ready? You were born in sin, but through faith in Jesus, you are free!

Remember, the gospel is not a call to do something, but an announcement of what has been done.

*Jesus saves.

*Jesus heals.

*Jesus delivers.

Listen to the text again, John 6:28-29TM To that they said, “Well, what do we do then to get in on God’s works? 29 Jesus said, “Sign on with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God’s works.”

Testimony—I once was called to the home of a retired pastor who had served as a senior pastor for over 40 years, he was close to death, he invited me into his life one afternoon. I remember, He was very troubled, he asked, “What do I need to do to make sure I’m ready?” It didn’t matter what I said to him, he felt like he needed to earn his next promotion—Eternity.

I think there are a lot of people (believers) that way. Many of us have been brought up to believe that anything we get out of life we have to work for.

Again, John 6, Jesus feeds 5000, He walks on water, Jesus say’s to the crowd, don’t believe in Me because of the food you received when I fed you. That perishes.

Moreover, right before tonights text, Jesus states in, John 6:27-28NASB Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” 28 Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?”

Again—Believe. Believe in Jesus. Believe He’s first and last. Believe that the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is worthy of all praise and worship.

Here’s a simple fact, Jesus paid in full for you to be a victorious christian.

Ephesians 2:8-9NKJV  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

—No one can boost. It’s all Jesus.

Doctor Neil Anderson—Too many Christians believe that living a Christian life is a continuous routine of involvement in well-meaning programs. They believe they could live the victorious Christian life if only they could discipline themselves to read their Bibles, pray more, attend church regularly and fellowship with other believers. Those are good Christian disciplines, but to believe that such personal involvement and effort is the means to fix life's problems is to get the proverbial cart before the horse.

He goes on to say, human effort is not what it takes to live the Christian life, or to be free from our past and to overcome addictive behaviors.

I will repeat myself on these statements: Victorious Christian living comes by accepting what Jesus Christ has already done for us, understanding who our heavenly father is, and who we are in Christ, and then choosing to live by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit according to what God says is true.

The most well structured programs cannot set us free, and no amount of human effort can accomplish what Jesus Christ has already accomplished for us.

1 Peter 1:1-9NASB Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust. 5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.