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One aspect of every Christian's identity in the gospel is that we are made to be missionaries, priests, and ambassadors of Christ's kingdom. Indwelled by the Holy Spirit, we carry God's presence into our homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces. Because Jesus has made us a kingdom of priests through his work in the gospel, each of us ministers to people from all walks of life as we declare and demonstrate the good news of Christ's life, death, and resurrection.

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The Church, as the body of Christ, is unified in diversity because of the Gospel. Comprised of people from all socio-economic, cultural, racial, political, and ecumenical backgrounds, the people of God should unite around the gospel rather than divide and compete over non-gospel issues. This is only possible through Gospel Driven love and service towards one another and a recognition that you need the Church and the Church needs you. (1 Corinthians 12-13).

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Much of American evangelicalism approaches the Church through an event-focused, individualistic lens, but this often does not align with the Bible’s description of the Church’s nature and purpose. The purpose of Christ’s work in the Gospel was not merely to save isolated individuals for personal relationships with Him, but to purify for Himself a people (Titus 2:14).

The Gospel gives us a corporate identity as the Church—ambassadors and a local expression of the Kingdom of God on earth. To take a gospel-driven approach to the Church, we must embrace that the Church is who we are, not something we do.

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As a result of Christ’s accomplished work in his death and resurrection, all believers are transferred into the Kingdom of God. Our core identity is found in our status as those who have been called out and commissioned as citizens and priests of Christ’s Kingdom living as exiles in the kingdoms of man. Christ's accomplishments define our very being and identity which defines our works, values, priorities, and ethics as citizens submitted to His Kingship in His Kingdom.

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It is common for Christians to drift from a gospel-driven perspective by an overemphasis on either grace or truth. An overemphasis on grace will lead people into a sort of Christianized hedonism while an overemphasis on truth will lead people into legalism. While people in either camp tend to criticize people on the other side, Jesus stands in the middle calling all back to repentance and faith in his accomplished work.

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Within American evangelicalism there is a tendency for Christians to view their faith through a lens of their own performance rather than to view their faith through a lens of the gospel. We can look at our church attendance, Bible-reading, prayer life, or personal piety as a barometer for our closeness with God.

But this is categorically anti-gospel. To live a performance-driven life is to have "conduct that is not in step with the truth of the gospel" (Gal 2:14). It is to think that we began our walk by faith in the work of Jesus but now are being "perfected by the flesh" (Gal 3:1-3). What we must strive for instead is a Gospel-driven life.

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The Bible gives a very clear answer to the age-old question of, “Are humans inherently good or evil?” The uncomfortably bad news is that apart from union with Christ, there are no good people. Comparing ourselves to others is an effective form of self-validation but it is not reflective of the real situation.

Hearing that we are dead in our trespasses and sins and that no one is good certainly is bad news but in order to really understand and appreciate the good news of the gospel we must first understand and believe the bad news.

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In this 8 week class, Brandon will cover how the Gospel message and results define every aspect of the Christian’s life, faith, and identity. Whether you’ve been a Christian for 20 days, 20 weeks, or 20 years this class is for you because the Gospel is not the ABCs of the Christian faith but the A-Z of the Christian faith.