What is the Gospel?
Gospel means "Good News".
To understand it, you need to know the bad news:
People are failures, sinners by nature. (Rom.3:23) How do we know? Because every person has a law written on their hearts (Rom. 1:19-2, 2:15). This is the law of God, and every person from birth has broken it, through their nature. Not one person can be excused from this standard that God has for the world, because God cannot abide with sin (I John 1:5). Because God is just (Job 8:3, 37:23, Psalm 89:14), sin must be punished. The greatest punishment is separation from God. It is what makes earth a destitute place to live, it is what makes men murder and steal, it is what makes women forsake their vows to their husbands and children dishonor their parents. God's punishment for sin is an eternal separation from Him in Hell (Gen 2:16-17, 3:23-24, Isaiah 5:24, Rev 21:8).
Here is the Gospel:
The Gospel is composed of God's love for humankind, and specifically for each person (John 3:16, Rom. 5:8, II Chron.6:14, Psalm 139). Even though we personally rejected Him over and over (Romans 1:18-32) He still chose to give His only Son, His Word, to die for us (Romans 3:20-31, 5:19, Mark 10:45, Titus 2:11). Through His death on the cross, Christ brought light into a dark world (Matthew 4:16, I Peter 2:9, Luke 1:78-80, John 8:12, 12:46, II Cor. 4:6, Daniel 2:22). Part of the Gospel is purposefully walking into the light of Christ, and surrendering your life to Him (Acts 26:18). This is not just an addition to life, like adding Jesus into the mix with the sin, but it is a complete transformation of life and spirit (II Cor 5:17).
There is so much more to it, but I am running out of time. I could talk about the Gospel all day, delving into the aspects of God's love, and Christ's eternal sacrifice, and other aspects. This was a shortened version.
This is what I believe. This is what I live. This is why I live.
Romans 6:
Gospel means "Good News".
To understand it, you need to know the bad news:
People are failures, sinners by nature. (Rom.3:23) How do we know? Because every person has a law written on their hearts (Rom. 1:19-2, 2:15). This is the law of God, and every person from birth has broken it, through their nature. Not one person can be excused from this standard that God has for the world, because God cannot abide with sin (I John 1:5). Because God is just (Job 8:3, 37:23, Psalm 89:14), sin must be punished. The greatest punishment is separation from God. It is what makes earth a destitute place to live, it is what makes men murder and steal, it is what makes women forsake their vows to their husbands and children dishonor their parents. God's punishment for sin is an eternal separation from Him in Hell (Gen 2:16-17, 3:23-24, Isaiah 5:24, Rev 21:8).
Here is the Gospel:
The Gospel is composed of God's love for humankind, and specifically for each person (John 3:16, Rom. 5:8, II Chron.6:14, Psalm 139). Even though we personally rejected Him over and over (Romans 1:18-32) He still chose to give His only Son, His Word, to die for us (Romans 3:20-31, 5:19, Mark 10:45, Titus 2:11). Through His death on the cross, Christ brought light into a dark world (Matthew 4:16, I Peter 2:9, Luke 1:78-80, John 8:12, 12:46, II Cor. 4:6, Daniel 2:22). Part of the Gospel is purposefully walking into the light of Christ, and surrendering your life to Him (Acts 26:18). This is not just an addition to life, like adding Jesus into the mix with the sin, but it is a complete transformation of life and spirit (II Cor 5:17).
There is so much more to it, but I am running out of time. I could talk about the Gospel all day, delving into the aspects of God's love, and Christ's eternal sacrifice, and other aspects. This was a shortened version.
This is what I believe. This is what I live. This is why I live.
Romans 6:
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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