| Feet shod with the PREPARATION OF THE
GOSPEL OF PEACE "And Your Feet Shod With the Preparation Of the Gospel Of Peace" The gospel is the "good news" about the coming Kingdom of God. It is the message Christ brought from His Father in heaven to deliver to His disciples (John 8:26,28,38). It includes all the truth about the central Figure of that coming kingdom, its King, Jesus Christ; the facts concerning His pre-human existence (John 1; Hebrews 1), His birth, His lonely sacrifice; His teaching, His example, His death, His burial, and His resurrection (I Corinthians 15:1-8). Millions have heard what they believe is the "gospel," not knowing it is "another gospel" (Galatians 1:6). They have heard "about" Jesus Christ. They have been told He died for the sins of the world, but have never really understood what is sin (I John 3:4), nor been truly informed of what it is they should repent. They have been told they should "believe on Him," without being told they must also believe what He said! They have been told they should "accept Him" without being told they should obey Him (Luke 6:46). If you are going to hike for twenty miles over the mountains, you need good, sturdy boots. In your walk through life, God's Word says part of your equipment—your armor for your very important vehicle of travel, your feet—Is the gospel of peace." Isaiah cried, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings [the gospel of Jesus Christ!], that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing..." (Isaiah 52:7,8). In my own case, I have said dozens of times, "I will just keep putting one foot in front of another, plodding along, doing what I am supposed to be doing with my life, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God as a witness and a warning to the world." I have described my calling of preaching, teaching, writing, as a "walk" through life. What about you? Are your feet "shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace"? If you do not truly understand the real gospel of the Kingdom of God which Jesus preached, it is as if you are wearing thin, worn, shoddy boots which allow every stick, rock or thorn you encounter to pierce your feet; which allow your feet to blister, and become so badly injured that you simply cannot take another step!
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