The gospel is exciting 03 APRIL 2019 ‘The gospel…is the power of God unto salvation.’ Romans 1:16 KJV 0:00 One Sunday a lady fell asleep in church. Pointing to the man sitting next to her, the pastor said, ‘Please wake that lady up.’ The man replied, ‘Sorry, Pastor. You put her to sleep – you wake her up!’ Seriously, Paul tells us ‘the gospel…is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes’ (NKJV). The Greek word for ‘power’ is d u namis, from which we get the word dynamite. Talk about impact! The gospel changes people profoundly. Chuck Swindoll says: ‘The gospel is like a sword sharpened on the stone of Scripture and tempered in the furnace of reality, relevance, and need. Of all the reactions a person may have to it, I can think of none worse than a yawn, a sleepy “so what”, or a bored “who cares?” Jesus met people where they were. His word touched raw nerves. His preaching was a lot more “here-and-now” than it was “there-and-then”. He attacked hypocrisy a...