Christ’s Victory Is Our Victory 

Note from Bob: The good folks at The Gospel Project asked me to contribute a blog post focused on how the Bible’s grand narrative of redemption relates to Christian living and biblical counseling. You can read my post at Christ’ Victory Is Our Victory.  

Note from The Gospel Project: The Bible is not a collection of stories. It is one story, the story of God’s plan to rescue His people from sin and death. It is the story of redemption, the gospel message of Jesus Christ. And it’s our story, too. The Gospel Project is a Bible study resource that invites Adults, Students, and Kids of all ages to dive deeply into God’s story of redemption through Jesus Christ. In every lesson, participants are immersed in the gospel and learn how when the gospel works on them, they become a part of the story, too, the very hands and feet in God’s gospel project. 

Here’s the introduction to my post at The Gospel Project 

A Resurrection Narrative 

God’s grand gospel narrative is a resurrection narrative. Death dies. Hope lives. Christ rises and we rise with Him. 

The epi-center of the book of God—the Gospels—is nothing less than a victory narrative. Gospels were a common literary form in the ancient Near East. Whenever a great king won a major victory, he commissioned the writing of a gospel—a vivid retelling of the good news of the vanquished enemy and the victorious king. This glorious good news was told again and again, often from multiple points of views, to exalt the king and encourage his people. 

To the Colossians, struggling to know how to live well and wisely (Colossians 2:3-14), Paul opens the curtain to the main movement in the drama of redemption—victory, resurrection. Then Paul points the spotlight on the main character in the drama of redemption—Christ. He rejoices with the Colossians that they have “faith in Christ Jesus” (Colossians 1:4). 

He points their attention to the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, reminding them what they had embraced “…the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth” (Colossians 1:5-6). 

To read the rest of my post, visit: Christ’ Victory Is Our Victory