The Gospel is Sacrificial

At its core, the gospel is the Good News that God Gives. In Christ, God gives himself. And He does so in ways that should (and one day will) forever shock us. Our King, worthy of all honor, emptied himself (Phil 2:7). Christ came to be a servant of many (Matt. 20:28). Lowering Himself, he took on the form of a servant that He might bless others.

Sin turns our souls inward, distorting our view of God and others as we reorder the world around ‘the self.’ This ‘me-centered’ posture pulls us from the way of Jesus, tempting us to believe that our worth is bound up in our own achievements, comforts and power.

The gospel frees us from our self-obsession, our desperate search for significance, our deep desire for power and our constant need for approval so that we might love others from the heart.