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p lenaRY 5 The Gospel of Jesus Christ Hope for This World and the World to Come Rev. Bob Engel

It is the camp law: people going to their death must be deceived to the very end. ~ Tadeusz Borowski, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen . In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ~ 2 Corinthians 4.4

I. The World and the Gospel of Jesus Christ: “And though this world, with devils filled”

A. The crushing brutality of evil and sin

B. The aggression of the false gods

C. The lethargy of the Church

II. The Church and the Gospel of Jesus Christ: The Endgame

A. She is the Church Militant : ever moving forward.

B. She is the Defender of the Faith : what the Church has believed everywhere, always, and by all.

C. She is the Agent of God’s Kingdom Witness : there is no other.

D. She is the Steward of the Gospel : a steward must be found faithful.