We live in a day when the therapeutic gospel is prevalent. Many will claim that the fundamental problem with humanity is that we’re selfish, lack self-esteem, or don’t truly know how to love ourselves. Once we address these external problems, the renewal will supposedly take place in our lives through the help of Jesus. This is not the gospel message we find in the Bible. Our fundamental problem is that we have sinful hearts that oppose God and his law; therefore, we need a new heart capable of responding to the gospel through faith and repentance. This is conversion, the great change. Our greatest need is not that we need to be nice, but rather that we need to be new.
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