The Gospel At Its Minimum
(Luk 23:39-43) One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” (40) But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? (41) And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” (42) And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” (43) And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
I used to be confused on the subject matter of conversion when I was younger (right up till my late teens). It is the way many potray the Gospel as an easy-to-do thing; pray the “sinner’s prayer” and be baptised. Those were the sure two ways of making sure that you have the right to call yourself a Christian. I know many people who are convinced that they were saved because of a prayer they uttered a few years back in an obscure time (in their own minds). Some have ‘accepted Christ’ because of the way the ‘Gospel’ has been presented to them; Jesus Christ is better than Santa Claus and Aladdin’s genie. Few have marketed that Jesus Christ will do wonders for your marriage life, and for your work life too.