Christian Classics
‹ What Is the Gospel?
Contents
1. What Is the Gospel?II. Has The Gospel Always Been Known in the Church, or is it a New Doctrine?III. In What Does The Gospel Differ From The Law?IV. What Are The Proper Effects of the Gospel?V. From What Does The Truth of the Gospel Appear?

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IV. What Are The Proper Effects of the Gospel?

The proper effects of the gospel are:

1. Faith; because “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” “The gospel is the ministration of the Spirit.” “The power of God unto salvation.” (Rom. 10: 17. 2 Cor. 3: 8. Rom. 1: 16.)

2. Through faith, our entire to God, , and salvation; for through faith we receive Christ, with all his benefits.