The Reality of the Gospel Life

By John L. Williams

So often in our daily walk, we struggle to find our way. We encounter people with good intentions who practice and preach flawed doctrine. Believers and unbelievers encounter the same struggles. Christians (believers) are not exempt from trials. The only difference is that believers have God's Word to guide them in processing the trials they face and allows them to apply his Word and lessons in solving their conflicts. The Reality of the Gospel Life addresses issues from grace to issues of spiritual warfare that we all face. This is a book that will inspire you to start with Christ; to engage in a deeper understanding of the history of the scriptures; and to share with unbelievers, family, and friends as well as members of your local church.

There are phrases in this book that I would read three times as many pages just to catch a glimpse of.

-Amy W. Goss

(I am) Very touched and honored to read your work. The content was on target and applicable because biblically-based. This book must be published. The "real" people need a real perspective.

Thank you for using your gifts.

-Karen Styron Frank

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638740452

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The Reality of the Gospel Life

John L. Williams Jr.

Copyright © 2021 by John L. Williams Jr.

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Table of Contents

Grace

Sin

Salvation

The Psychology behind Christianity

Miracles

Spiritual Warfare

Acknowledgments

I thank Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, for everything that has happened in my life. To the completion of this book, to what He has for my future. I’d like to thank Anthony Lewis who gave me encouragement to continue to write. A special thanks to Terisia Medley who provided the financial support to buy biblical materials. I thank Matthew Haught for the encouragement and prayers from his family. My sisters, Valerie and Lisa, whom I dearly love, thank you for being there for me. Lastly, I thank Melinda Vickers, Amy W. Goss, and Karen Frank for reading my manuscript, offering suggestions and being generous with your time.

May God bless you all.

Why You Should Read This Book

This book is designed to help Christians and non-Christians understand that they are living in a real world. The purpose of this book is to let each and every individual know that there is someone who understands their struggles. Most books just give you the passive version, and then, that’s all. The Reality of the Gospel Life provides you real-life situations and attempts to give you tools to resolve the situations you face in daily life. It exposes legalism in the Christian faith along with who you really are as a true Christian. Traditional doctrines have been butchered by the author to show that those tenets are not true.

This book does not pacify everyday church goers. Instead, it allows them to take a closer look at themselves and what they have been taught over the years. The Reality of the Gospel Life reveals the truth within the reality of everyday life. We have to understand that every human being has been through something even before us. Moses, David, Matthew, Peter, and others had issues yet, every day of their lives, are not written in the Bible. Chances are, they experienced situations that we, in today’s world, have also experienced. Biblical history teaches that there have always been rough times in the lives of Bible characters. Most Christians seem to not be sympathetic to other people’s struggles and fears. This book will allow those who are self-righteous to look deep within themselves.

At the end of the day, this book is going to keep it real and biblically true, all the way around the board; not sugarcoating the truth but being real. Remember, when reading this book, I ask you to be honest with yourself and your intrinsic beliefs. By being honest with yourself, then you can be honest with others. God sees and knows all things whether you are honest with yourself or others.

Introduction

Long before we, human beings, were thought of, God existed alone. With His infinite and sovereign being, God created the heaven and the earth. The creation was structured and designed from a heavenly blueprint from within God’s being. God knew what He wanted, how He wanted it, and why He wanted it. Because of God’s holy and pure being, His blueprint was perfect from the beginning. The actual structure of the Earth and its dimensions—along with the dependency of one resource upon another—created a livable environment for its inhabitants. A simple example of one resource depending on another would be the soil depending on the sun and rain. These three elements work hand in hand for the success of agricultural products that we eat and the ones we see. This miniature analogy is one source which God uses to sustain life here on Earth.

The seven-day creation plan showed the organizational skills of God. God always operates in an orderly fashion. By creating the heaven and earth, God designed everything else that would be created after these two elements. For this very reason, everything belongs to God—from human beings to trains and even the pen that I am using to write with.

Genesis chapter 1 gives an account for the creation of all existence and forms of life. What is found to be unique is that God formulated all of His creation to yield from its own categorical species. Male and female would mate to produce offspring of the human race, herbs would produce from its organic family, and all other species would do the same. My point is that a lion and a bear cannot breed offsprings because it’s not of a natural order. From the foundation of the world, universal order has been set in place in the physical aspect, as well as the spiritual. We have seen in the previous paragraph how God set the boundaries for the living beings and for the heavenly and earthly elements. The spiritual order and design is seen in God’s creation of male and female. In Genesis 1:26–27, God said, "Let