The Full Counsel of the Gospel is Necessary

In order for the power of God to come to you for salvation the FULL counsel of the Gospel must be realized and believed in. Accepting only parts of it will do you no good. Hearing only parts of it taught from the pulpit is also detrimental. There are 3 critical parts to the Gospel to believe for it to be affective. Your knowledge can increase in the full counsel as you read the Word. The first (the hardest to accept because of pride in the human heart) is to admit that you are the problem... not your problems themselves, and you cannot do anything to fix the problem. You, yourself, are the sinful one needing to be saved. There are serious consequences to being the problem...the wage of sin is death in eternity. The second is to believe that Jesus is the solution for you by his death, burial and resurrection for you ( hard to believe because of doubt and denial that God was actually with us in Jesus' body and that this one God/Man is the only way to eternal life. This doesn't fit into human logic or understanding. It is true nonetheless, therefore, it must be received by faith), and the third is to live your life for God according to the Bible which is by God's grace and through faith in it. You are not earning salvation since you received it freely by faith in Jesus' work. You are now free and working out your obedience joyfully, through repentance, through a clean conscience , and because  you love God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  You hate to continue to be the problem and you want the Solution to live through you. Once you live daily in this complete understanding of the Gospel there is power to save you. Jesus is everything! Jesus is God. Don't dwell on the fact you are the problem once you own that, but accept it humbly and thankfully receive the solution, Jesus Christ. He will do his work through you and you will have Jesus, Your Eternal Life.