Matthew 24:14 - 'And this gospel
of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come'.
The "gospel of the
kingdom" that Jesus referred to and what much of "Christianity"
preaches today are not the same thing. The word "gospel" means good
news or glad tidings. While it is certainly true that God hates sin and all sin
will be judged, that is not the good news of the kingdom. Yet most of religious
preaching centers on what we do or should do and not on what Jesus has already
done for us. The gospel that Jesus referred to is that Jesus has purchased a
way to the Father through His own death and resurrection and it is ours if we
will just believe (Rom. 10:1-13).
Many people who have heard the
"bad news" of religion are "working their fingers to the
bone" to earn God's favor. They have not only made Jesus their Savior, but
they have had the burden of salvation put on their own backs. That is not the
gospel of the kingdom.
