The Simple Gospel
The message of God to people, (aka, "the Gospel", or "The Good News"), is so profound that for centuries humankind has been attempting to grasp, comprehend, and to explain it fully. However, this message is a message for all people, of every age, gender, race, culture, religion, and IQ level. Therefore, the message is something that must be able to be explained, expressed, shown, and offered simply enough for any human, even the most illiterate, disabled, or even a deaf, blind, and dumb human, to be able to comprehend and accept.
In the most extreme of these cases, the most simple gospel message that could possibly be expressed to a human that is blind, deaf, and dumb, would be the act of physically caring for them. The gospel, which would not be able to be heard or read, would have to be shown by our actions alone. Hugs, feeding, washing, and the holding of their hand, to guide, lead, and care for them would be the message of God's good news to that individual.
If this is the most simple form of the gospel, the message of God's love to humankind, then this is the core, and the beginning of the true Gospel. It is not a prayer, a recital, or a memorization of texts. The pure gospel is simply, Love. The act of sharing the gospel, at its core, is simply loving another human; while the receiver of that gospel simply receives the message by just letting themselves be loved.
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