Everlasting Gospel

[Alisa]

The everlasting gospel is the ladder thrown down to earth, by which every sinner can climb up to the heavenly kingdom and find eternal life. What is it – the everlasting gospel? The everlasting gospel is the plan of salvation of the fallen and still sinning mankind from sin and death, through restoring the relationship between mortal man and immortal God. In other words, what is it? It is an attempt for us to make friends with God again. The fall of mankind happened, the relationship was broken, but there was a plan… due to which the connection could be restored. Immortal God and mortal and still sinning creation can unite again into one family.

 

[Samie]

Hi Alisa;

I have a couple of comments about your post:

On 06/01/2017 at 4:48 PM, Alisa said:

The everlasting gospel is the ladder thrown down to earth, by which every sinner can climb up to the heavenly kingdom and find eternal life. What is it – the everlasting gospel? The everlasting gospel is the plan of salvation of the fallen and still sinning mankind from sin and death, through restoring the relationship between mortal man and immortal God. In other words, what is it? It is an attempt for us to make friends with God again. The fall of mankind happened, the relationship was broken, but there was a plan… due to which the connection could be restored.

If people have no connection with God, they are NOT in Christ because Christ is the only way to the Father.  If people are NOT in Christ, they can do NOTHING because Christ said apart from Him man can do NOTHING.  If people can do NOTHING then they cannot make any attempt to make friends with God because if people can do SOMETHING apart from Christ then Christ lied, but we all know He did not.  And if people cannot make any attempt to make friends with God, the broken relationship remains broken, as I understand from your post.

With your current understanding of the gospel, it appears to me that the unsaved will simply remain unsaved.

I have an alternative.  Allow me to use your first two sentences in the OP.

The everlasting gospel is the ladder thrown down to earth, by which every sinner can climb up to the heavenly kingdom and find eternal life. What is it – the everlasting gospel?

It is the good news that God implemented the plan of salvation He devised before the foundation of the world when the emergency occurred in Eden and saved Adam that same day he fell into sin, an act that cost the Father His only begotten Son - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.  God saved Adam through Christ because no other name under heaven was given for man's salvation.  With Adam in Christ, all his descendants are born in Christ.  That saving act of God FOR man was revealed in the life, death, resurrection and heavenly ministry of our Savior & Lord.

And being in Christ, people are part of His Body and have His power to do SOMETHING: they can overcome evil with good. This is why in the gospel that Christ preached, He commanded people to repent (Mark 1:14, 15).  The same command that God issued in the OT (Ezek 18:30).  The same command that God now wants all men everywhere to do (Acts 17:30).

Repentance is a change of mind for that which is good. Instead of doing evil, do good. IOW, overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21).  Overcomers will Christ NOT blot out from the book of life and will be seated with Him in His throne, even as He Himself also overcame and sat down with the Father in His throne (Rev 3:5, 21).  All NOT blotted out will be allowed entry to heaven (Rev 21:27); all blotted out will have their portion in the lake of fire (Rev 20:15).

[Alisa]

Hi, Samie! Thank you for your comment! It is very encouraging for me as I am a simple Russian teacher, but I believe this is my serving God to translate the sermons of our pastor Pyotr Polovinko Hope we all "worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." (John, 4:23). 

[Samie]

You are welcome, Alisa.

It is a pleasure meeting you in this forum, sister. God bless you more as you continually serve Him.