Power of the Gospel: 7 Truths About Grace That Change Everything

The power of the Gospel is the most transformative force available to every believer, yet it remains the most misunderstood message in Christianity. By Andrew Wommack. In this teaching, discover 7 life-changing truths about grace and the power of the Gospel that will revolutionize how you relate to God.

1. The Power of the Gospel Is Nearly-Too-Good-To-Be-True News

The Gospel is the most basic, foundational message of the New Testament, yet it’s the most misunderstood. Today’s religious system is not preaching the same Gospel that Paul did. They mix it with the Law, and that isn’t the Gospel at all.

The book of Romans was written to explain the Gospel so that anybody could understand it. Paul, the writer, made it so simple that you’d have to have somebody help you to misunderstand it. And, unfortunately, we’ve had a lot of help!

Paul started off with this statement in Romans 1:16:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

The word “gospel” in the original Greek literally means nearly-too-good-to-be-true news. It referred to news that was so awesome, nothing really justified using it.

2. Grace and the Gospel Are the Same Thing

The Gospel is the power of the Gospel of God, and that’s talking about grace. Acts 20:24 and Galatians 1:6 both use the terms “gospel” and “grace” interchangeably. When you understand the Gospel, or the grace of God, it’ll release the power of God into your life. That’s huge!

3. Righteousness Comes by Faith, Not Works

The next verse in Romans 1 says:

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Righteousness is not revealed from Law to Law, from good deed to good deed — it’s revealed from faith to faith. Sin won’t stop the power of God for salvation in your life but trusting in your own good works will. You receive the righteousness of God by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8). God won’t withdraw His power because of sin in your life. That’s why the power of the Gospel is nearly-too-good-to-be-true news.

4. Grace Is Not a License to Sin

When you talk like this, people with a religious mindset immediately say, “Well, what about sin? This sounds like you’re just giving people a license to sin.” Not so! Last I checked, people were sinning without a license. I’m not advocating sin.

God has put in every single person who has ever breathed an intuitive knowledge that they are a sinner and that they deserve rejection instead of acceptance. You don’t need to tell people this; they already know it.

We aren’t called to convict people of their sin but to convince them that the only way they can obtain righteousness with God is through putting faith in what Jesus did for them.

5. The Parable That Reveals the Power of the Gospel

In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus tells the story of two men who went to pray — a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee boasted about his religious accomplishments. The tax collector simply cried out, “God be merciful to me a sinner.”

Jesus said it was the tax collector who went home justified. If a person is putting faith in all of their religious acts, that will actually block them from righteousness and relationship with God. But the person who humbles themselves and cries out to God enters into right standing with Him.

6. Two Types of Righteousness

Romans 9:30-32 reveals there are two types of righteousness: faith righteousness and Law righteousness (self-righteousness based on performance). The truth is, nobody can perform well enough to get Law righteousness.

Isaiah 64:6 says that “all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” And James 2:10 says that if you keep the Law and yet offend in one point, you are guilty of breaking the entire thing. If you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things right and one thing wrong, according to the Law, you would be unrighteous.

BUT! If you put your faith in Jesus, you would receive His righteousness — faith righteousness — even though you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things wrong! That’s the amazing power of the Gospel.

Jesus either paid for it all, or He paid for nothing at all! It’s not Jesus plus you; it’s Jesus or you!

7. The Power of the Gospel Transforms Everything

It takes a supernatural revelation by the Holy Spirit to understand this. But once you do, it’ll transform the way that you view God, the way that you relate to God, and the way that you receive from God.

I encourage you to humble yourself and ask God for a supernatural revelation of the power of the Gospel. When you truly get a hold of the grace of God, it sets you free from sin, not free to sin. You’ll wind up living holier accidentally than you ever have on purpose. You’ll serve God out of love stricter and stronger than you ever would have out of legalism.

Jesus said you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). It’s not truth that sets you free; it’s the truth you know that sets you free. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17).

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