Why is the Gospel both too simple and yet too complex for humans to understand?
The Gospel is too simple because salvation is not in the Law, works, repentance, or baptism but in believing the Gospel. Yet it is too complex because its power exceeds human understanding; no human can fully comprehend it, so it must be received by faith.
Les explains that people may have concocted ideas they cannot put into words, but the Gospel is plain: we are to believe it. Paul delivered what he received from the ascended, glorified Lord after His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. God revealed to Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles, that salvation is not in the Law, works, repentance, and baptism, but in believing the Gospel. Les says it is too simple for most people, yet its power is so complex he cannot understand it and does not think any other human being can; it is taken by faith. The Gospel is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.