The Gospel? Part 3

Bock goes on in his book and addresses the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. He states that the act of baptism focuses on the individual response to the gospel whereas the Lord's Supper focuses on how God formed a community through the gospel. Again the stress of Bock is to illustrate that the gospel is more than the removal of sin.

The Gospel is also about breaking down barriers...barriers that stood against us and God and barriers against each other. The good news of Jesus Christ is that God is forming a new community. The Lord's Supper and Baptism are not meant to be done in solemnity and isolation, but in a community. God is saving individuals (so there is an aspect of individualism in Christianity), but God is saving individuals so that they make up a new community that is meant to share life with him and reflect his fame and glory to the rest of the world.