The Gospel is Simple—Stop Overthinking It, No PhD Required

"The gospel, however, must be simple if it is to be made available to all. Aren't you thankful that you don't have to have a Ph.D. in philosophy to be saved? We have a simple, basic gospel, easily understood and made available to all. And if even children can be saved, then it must be simple. The gospel must be simple because it's not something you have to accomplish, but rather receive. Someone else did it all. You just have to receive it." - Chad Thompson

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[illbehonest]

"Many people reject the gospel because it’s simple. It’s just too basic. It’s too childish... And you can imagine all the long-robed
professors at colleges and various places,
you know, not liking the idea that
the GREATEST THING they could
know is something that little
children could understand,
the thing that would
transform their life
and society."

[LilacDaisy]

I thought I believed this, yet I would get depressed if I didn't have a near perfect day, wondering if I could be saved. I wasn't trusting that Jesus took my future sins as well as my past ones. It took over 2 weeks of lots of videos by NeedGod to get it through my thick head. It IS basic, and I was trying to add my works to my salvation. The Gospel is even more BEAUTIFUL than I'd taken it for, for years.

[lindamckay]

God really does tell me what he wants me to know when I read the Bible. I love those many moments when he speaks to me. 7/26/2024. And it all really began with the Old Testament. ❤

[leenieledejo]

So true.

1st Corinthians 1:17 thru 2:16 says it too....

[BereanBeliever]

What do we do with the warnings in scripture and how can we know for sure that they aren’t for us? It’s not that I don’t believe the gospel, it’s the uncertainty of knowing if it’s for me personally or not. I know the promises in scripture and I know the warnings. Sometimes the promises are so powerfully clear to my mind and heart…but there are other times the fear of the warnings and curses about neglecting salvation bring me to despair. If only I could know the love of God deep within and never doubt it! Oh Lord Jesus please reveal the cross to me so that I may never doubt Your love!

[dohseyes]

You know why I love looking at babies/children… because they are still mentally innocent and pure in the eyes of the Creator. The same should apply to the adults. We adults must be wise as a serpent and innocent as doves and think in the way of Jesus. Stay humble, repent everyday and stay true to the doctrine of Jesus Christ. God is a multicultural equal opportunity God. I know salvation is individual and that he gave us free will. The choice is yours however for the sake of God’s love for humanity I wish you would prefer to choose the light. Just my thoughts.🕊

[ReligiouslyIncorrect]

I didn’t hear the gospel message. But, the gospel message is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. It is that Jesus Christ is the everlasting Son of God, died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. It’s that simple.

[Cici_Dial]

I thought your channel was reformed. How can the gospel be available to all, if not all are regenerate and have been given the faith to believe? I am not being argumentative here. I really want to know. FYI, i was Arminian for 40 years, but am now and forever will be a Calvinist, partly because of your channel. I am in perpetual tension over how the first great imputation made all sinners in Adam, but the second and third great imputaions only apply to some in Christ. The some, of course being the elect.
So, again i ask, how is the Gospel available to all.

[JB-kxbx]

I wonder if these preachers consider if what they’re doing is immoral if what they preach isn’t true. If hell isn’t real is it immoral to scare people like this? There’s a good chance based on what we know that when we die we do not continue on consciously.

[seanpierce]

So don’t think about it too hard. The problem is, if you do think about it, it makes no sense.

God created humans in a perfect world, but intentionally set them up for failure, lied to them about the consequences, and sent a (perfectly truthful) adversary to trick them into doing it. After that, things eventually got so bad He had to destroy everything, but He’s very sorry and will never do it again. He then had to wipe out several populations to make way for a chosen people and send them a convoluted mess of laws. When they couldn’t live up to God’s expectations, he enacted plan B and sent Jesus so that none of it mattered anyway. Well, only for people after that, and only if you happen to be convinced by someone who knows about it. How is that simple?

Often the best solution is the simplest one. Just create Heaven, however it’s supposed to look like (free will or not) and put everyone there to begin with. Hell was a terrible idea anyway; you could go there for stealing a cookie.

Would anyone object to that plan? If so, do you object because you wouldn’t prefer it or because it conflicts with your religion?