This paragraph is from Kevin DeYoung's recent blog post, entitled On Mission, Changing the World, and Not Being Able to Do It All. It is a good description of how I often forget the gospel in seeking to advance the gospel. I've added the emphasis in the quote.
The danger–and it's a danger I've fallen foul of in my own preaching–is that in all our efforts to be prophetic, radical, and missional, we end up getting the story of Pilgrim's Progress exactly backwards. "Come to the cross, Pilgrim, see the sacrifice for your sins. Isn't that wonderful? Now bend over and let me load this burden on your back. There's a lot of work we have to do, me and you." A cross, yes. Jesus said we would have to carry one of those. But a cross that kills our sins, smashes our idols, and teaches us the folly of self-reliance. Not a burden to do the impossible. Not a burden to always do more for Jesus. Not a burden of bad news that never lets up and obedience that is always out reach.
Let us never forget the gospel! Resolve to build on no other foundation than the gospel! (1 Corinthians 3:10-15)
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