John 14:6a Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

Jesus is the answer to every problem. What’s the problem?

Romans 7:16 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ESV

Even having the desire to do what is right does not guarantee that we will do what is right. That is complicated. Our whole life up until this one point of accepting the gospel has been built around self-will, self-determination, and execution of will. We are taught to be self-reliant, strong, determined and successful. Now, because of this simple gospel, we must learn how to rely on God for everything.

Psalm 86:11a Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth:

Remember Jesus is the Way and the Truth. To know the way and to walk in truth is much more complicated than the simple Gospel and we cannot do it ourselves. Lord help us, how can we do this impossible task?

Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Once again we are presented with a simple answer to a complex problem. Walk in the Spirit to fulfill the righteousness we cannot determine for ourselves. It is that simple.

Is it really that simple?

1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

The gospel, the good news, is simple. It is meant to be simple because it is the cure for our ills. It is just that simple. If you take the cure, what does it matter what ails you?

What ails you is a more complex problem. You can boil it down to sin if you would like but sin is the symptom not the disease. All you have to do to understand that is to look at the simplicity of the gospel to understand that.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Christ died according to the promises made in the scriptures, He was buried according to the prophecies in the scriptures, He was resurrected as promised in the scriptures, and the purpose was for the forgiveness of sins.

Do the scriptures promise the end of sin in this life? No. Do the scriptures promise an end of sin infecting you again? No. It promised forgiveness of sin. It only treats the symptom and the disease is much more difficult to address.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Simply saying I am forgiven is like taking aspirin for a fever. It reduces the fever but does nothing to cure what caused the fever. The problem is more complex than the fact that I sinned and I am forgiven. It is about a changed life.

What if you woke up tomorrow and had no memory of who you were, what you had done, or what you wanted? That would represent forgiveness, but what would prevent you from making the same mistakes you made in a prior life you do not remember?