We are weak vessels holding a glorious gospel treasure. The treasure was never meant to magnify the vessel. The vessel exists to magnify the treasure.
When Joshua the High Priest stands before God in filthy clothes, we learn that on our own we stand condemned before God. But the good news is that Jesus has taken our filthy garments on himself and paid for our sin on the cross, and he gives us robes of perfect righteousness. And not only do we stand clothed before God when we put our faith in Christ, but we live in those clothes, as we stand called to point to Christ as testaments to his great grace in our lives.
In Titus 3:3-7, we're supposed to remember the misery of our sin, see the grace that God has poured out on us through his Son and the Holy Spirit, and to cherish the hope we have as heirs of eternal life.
Psalm 28 shows us how God brings us from worry to worship by teaching us to trust in his work, even when he sometimes seems silent.
Jesus isn’t just another man. He’s the Son of God. Perfect in power. And powerful in his perfections.
Jesus may not look like the king we’d expect to see, or seem like the king we would ask for. And yet, Jesus is precisely the king we need.
The Gospel at it's core really is simple. And it requires a simple, though significant, response.
Is the day of Christ on your mind? Is it having any impact on how you live?
Rejoice in knowing that the gospel will not fail. Because the good news is still good. And God is still God.
God has brought you, and me, and all of us together to receive the gospel fully, and to advance the gospel further. This is the fellowship we’ve been called into with one another. This is what gospel partnership is.