Are There 2 Gospels?
By David J. Stewart
Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
My
question to you is: Are there 2 Gospels?
- The Gospel of John MacArthur, Ray Comfort,
Paul Washer, Jack Chick, Aiden Tozer, David Cloud, and others, requires
that a person forsake (or be willing to forsake) their lifestyle of sin,
make amends, and change their ways, as a prerequisite to saving faith.
- The Biblical Gospel teaches that we are saved solely by Christ's righteousness, and that no self-righteousness of any kind is required, because we have none to offer; neither does a person have to quit any sin to be saved.
A lot of Christians have brushed the issue aside as a matter of semantics, but the difference between the 2 Gospels is day and night. One includes a certain degree of self-righteousness, which is a false Gospel; but the other is solely based upon Christ's righteousness, which is by the precious literal, physical, blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
