The Gospel
The gospel is what God has done to save condemned sinners from their sin and eternal punishment through faith in the person and work of Christ!
The Gospel
“On Christ, and what he has done, my soul hangs for time and eternity. And if your soul also hangs there, it will be saved as surely as mine shall be. And if you are lost trusting in Christ, I will be lost with you and will go to hell with you. I must do so, for I have nothing else to rely upon but the fact that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, lived, died, was buried, rose again, went to heaven, and still lives and pleads for sinners at the right hand of God.”
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
WHAT THE GOSPEL IS NOT:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
A promise of PROSPERITY (Titas 1:9) Teaching sound doctrine
LIVING a good LIFE - (false teaching - if I just live a good life, the good outweighs the bad - I’m better than the others in balance - this is A FALSE GOSPEL that condemns)
The advancement of social, political, environmental, racial (CRT/BLM) or other causes. - Pro-life, anti-VAX, anti-mask, anti-Biden, anti-socialism, etc.
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
euangelion - “Good News“
Who made us and to whom are we accountable
What is our problem
What is God’s solution to our problem
How can I be included in his solution
The “Good news” message of the gospel stands on four key pillars:
God
Man
Christ
Sinners
=== GOD ===
1. God created and owns everything:
Genesis 1:1 NASBS
[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 44:24 NASBS
[24] Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,
Psalm 24:1 NASBS
[1] The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
Psalm 50:11-12 NASBS
[11] "I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. [12] "If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
2. Is perfectly HOLY
1 Samuel 2:2 NASBS
[2] "There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
1 John 1:5 NASBS
[5] This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
3. Requires perfect obedience to His law!
Matthew 5:48 NASBS
[48] Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
1 Peter 1:15-16 NASBS
[15] but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; [16] because it is written, "You SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."
=== MAN ===
1. Has BROKEN God’s Law.
Romans 3:10-11 NASBS
[10] as it is written, "There IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; [11] THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
Romans 3:23 NASBS
[23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Isaiah 53:6 NASBS
[6] All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
2. Will pay the eternal PENALTY for sin.
Isaiah 59:2 NASBS
[2] But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
Romans 6:23 NASBS
[23] For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Hebrews 9:27 NASBS
[27] And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
3. Cannot save himself by his “own good works”
Titus 3:4-5 NASBS
[4] But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, [5] He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 2:8-9 NASBS
[8] For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; [9] not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
=== CHRIST ===
1. Came to earth as both God and SINLESS man.
Colossians 2:9 NASBS
[9] For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
John 10:30 NASBS
[30] I and the Father are one."
John 1:1 NASBS
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 NASBS
[14] And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Titus 2:13 NASBS
[13] looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
2. Demonstrated God’s love by dying on the cross to pay sin’s PENALTY
Romans 5:8 NASBS
[8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:16 NASBS
[16] "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:21 NASBS
[21] He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
1 Peter 3:18 NASBS
[18] For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1 Peter 2:24 NASBS
[24] and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
3. Rose from the grave and ALIVE TODAY and is seated at the RIGHT HAND of GOD.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NASBS
[1] Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, [2] by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. [3] For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, [4] and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
=== SINNERS ===
1. Must REPENT of all that dishonors God.
Isaiah 55:7 NASBS
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
2. Must BELIEVE in Christ as Lord and savior.
Romans 10:9 NASBS
[9] that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
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The gospel is what God has done to save condemned sinners from their sin and eternal punishment through faith in the person and work of Christ!