A lot of sermons aren’t wrong.
They’re just… incomplete.
There’s a gap between the exposition (“here’s what the Bible says”) and the application (“here’s what you should do”).
𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗽.
And if you don’t close it, your sermons will unintentionally drift into moralistic waters.
Here’s the problem:
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 (grace is merely a fallback for failure — people know they can be forgiven for failure but are left “fuzzy” about the “how” of change — What role do I play? the Spirit? What do I do besides try harder?)
Here’s the solution:
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 → 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (grace is also fuel for spiritual change —
(Think branch abiding in the Vine → the Sap of the Spirit flows → fruit)
I call this the organic dynamic of spiritual change.
See the difference?
Simple fix. Massive impact.
I’ll show you EXACTLY how to close the gospel gap (and more) in a four-week online series:
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗔 𝟰-𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁.
It starts next Tuesday.
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Yours, by grace alone,
McKay
