that the sinner has truly come to the
end of himself, will be a radically
changed life. Christ saves His people
from their sin; He does not leave
them wallowing in it.
It is my hope that those truths will
be deeply imprinted on the hearts
and minds of every reader.
Crawford: What are some of the
questions that you address in this
book and how are they helpful to
someone who is genuinely seeking to
understand the Gospel message?
MacArthur: The principal question the
book addresses is What is the gospel?
That raises a host of related questions:
How is the gospel best presented?
What are its essential features? What
should we do about the fact that
lots of people find the message
of the cross offensive? Should we
tone down or omit the troublesome
parts? Does the message need to be
adjusted for our generation?
The apostle Paul addresses all
those issues. Of all the New Testament
writers, he spent more energy and ink
explaining the gospel, defending its
doctrine, and disseminating its truths
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Studying the gospel as he
proclaimed it and wrote about it is a
wonderful exercise for any Christian
at any level of scholarship or spiritual
maturity. Paul was himself trained to
be a meticulous scholar. But he was
appointed by Christ to be the apostle
to the Gentiles. His ministry was
therefore directed to cultures and
people with a minimal knowledge
of Scripture. So he strove for (and
achieved) unparalleled clarity,
simplicity, and precision.
I trust The Gospel According to
Paul conveys all those qualities to
readers seeking to understand the
gospel, and my earnest hope is that
it will be an instrument through which
God draws many who have not yet
believed or understood the gospel—
and that it will motivate all those who
read and believe to become heralds
of the gospel.
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