The Gospel is God in action, in the mire of the battlefield

The God who created the world also created the Gospel. But it was at far greater cost. The Gospel isn't just an idea, any more than dynamite. It is God in action, in the mire of the battlefield. He has put His very Self, His Son and His blood into this Gospel. Some act squeamish about the Gospel of the precious blood of Jesus as if the whole world were not blood-soaked. In this harsh world nothing less than a Calvary Gospel is credible. Christ's blood was needed to cover the blood of a thousand million murdered Abels crying to God from the ground. The Gospel is not a vague lovingness, or sentiment. The pen of truth is dipped in the blood of Christ. We are not redeemed by a casual and understanding nod from an easy-going Heavenly Father. The mouth of Christ's gaping wounds speaks forgiveness. The Gospel rings with the cry in Eden "Adam where are you?” and of the "strong crying and weeping" of the Son of God in Gethsemane. O, what a wonderful Savior. REINHARD BONNKE