gospel is simply a matter of telling, one after the other, two truths: the truth about the human condition (law) and the truth about God in Christ (gospel). One can observe how the law was preached in the Bible itself. Nathan says to David (2 Sam. 12:7), after telling him a sweet story about the poor person with one little lamb whose lamb is stolen by the rich man with massive flocks, “You are the man!” And David responds (v. 13), “I have sinned.” In Acts 2, Peter simply states: “This Jesus, whom
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