God's will is for men to to come to the knowledge of
the truth. If a person wants to be
saved, he must know the truth on how he
can be saved.
01B.1 What
is this truth that all men should know
in order to be saved?
In John 17:17, the
Lord Jesus Christ said:
"Sanctify them by Your
truth. Your word is truth.
(NKJV)
The truth which men must
know in order to be saved is the
word of God. These are the words that
will sanctify man or make him holy.
From the dictionary: Sanctify means - to
make pure or free from sin or guilt.
01B.2
What words of God,
which is the truth that all men must know?
In
Colossians 1:5, Apostle Paul pointed
out:
because of the hope
which is laid up for you in heaven,
of which you heard before in the
word of the truth of the gospel,
(NKJV)
These words of God—which is
the truth, is the gospel.
01B.3 What
is the gospel that men should know in order to be saved?
In Romans 1:16, this
is written:
For I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ, for it
is the power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes, for the
Jew first and also for the Greek. (NKJV)
This
is the gospel of
Christ. This is the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes.
In Galatians 1: 10-12, Apostle Paul
explained.
10. For do I now persuade men,
or God? Or do I seek to please men?
For if I still pleased men, I would
not be a servant of Christ.
11. But I make known to you,
brethren, that the gospel which was
preached by me is not according to
man.
12. For I neither received it from
man, nor was I taught it, but it
came through the revelation of Jesus
Christ. (NKJV)
Apostle Paul
explained that the Gospel
of Christ that was preached by him is not
according to man. For neither he
received it from man nor was taught
to him by man, but it came through
the revelation of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Simply said, The true Gospel of
Christ is not according to man but
of Christ.
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The truth that
all men should know in order to be saved
is the Gospel of Christ, because
the gospel is
the power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes, According to
Apostle Paul, the Gospel
of Christ that was preached by him, is
not according to man but of Christ.
