All Things Seen & Unseen

D. A. Carson gives this short, balanced recital of the gospel of salvation including the important themes of 'the goodness and severity of God' (Rom 11.22). There is one God who has made us. He is the Sovereign of all and is our final judge. He finds our rebellion against Him entirely unacceptable. He stands over against us in judgement. We ought to fear Him. But mercifully He is also a God of love who is prepared to reconcile us to Himself by sending His only Son to bear our sins in His body on the cross.

Dr D A Car son, a noted New Testament scholar, is a sked :   'How would you explain the gospel in five minutes to someone who has no understanding of God, Jesus or sin?' Carson clear ly recognises that for many people in present, Western society the terms of the Christian gospel as used 30 years ago are no longer familiar. Pe ople typically don't know the Bible has two Testaments, the Old and the New. That the Old is pr imarily about the Messiah's p e ople, Isr ael ; the New Testament is about the Messiah and his New people, the Church made up of Jew and Gentile.