The ancient people of Trace had a symbol for the power of God. It was a sun with three beams.
One of the beams played on a sea of ice and melted it.
Another shone on a hard flinty rock and dissolved it.
The third shone on a dead body and raised it to life.
The gospel message is invested with that power.
The love of God as contained in the message of the gospel, has melted many a cold heart.
The sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ as contained in the gospel has broken many a hard and stubborn will.
And the Gospel believed in the heart always brings life to the dead (Eph. 2).