The cross of Jesus Christ is central to individual believers and to the local church and its ministry. By faith in Christ's finished work on the cross, its sufficiency and completeness, a person becomes a new creation. When aspects of Christ's work on the cross, as presented in the gospel, are denied or distorted, as man's wisdom or ideas are substituted or added on, its power to save becomes nullified. It is the message of Christ that is of first importance to the corporate Church and the individual members that are built up together and around this message. It is in this message of the cross that individuals and the whole body of Christ glory in.
It is the scheme of the devil today to have the cross preached but the power removed by mixing in worldly wisdom and adjusting the message for mass appeal.
The goal for individuals and each local church must be to be faithful with the truth of the cross of Jesus Christ.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...