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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Foundations (part 2)

The Gospel


There is a creator, He is God = the one and only.

It is God's desire to have a relationship with man, He created us to know Him.

After the fall (Adam and Eve) man is naturally born into sin, that sin separates us form God who is perfect. Sin and God's perfection are like oil and water, it's against their natures to mix.

God made a way for He and man to be reconciled. He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to be born in human flesh to a virgin.

Jesus Christ is fully God and was fully human. He was tempted in all points as is normal for all humans, and yet remained sinless. He was the perfect son of God.

The wages of sin is death, eternal separation from God. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission (removal or forgiveness) of sin. Which was originally exemplified by the sacrificial law of the Hebrews. Sin requires a payment. Jesus Christ, perfectly innocent, died a criminals death on a roman cross to pay man's penalty.

After 3 days in the tomb Jesus rose from the dead. He walked on earth for about 40 days (seen by many eye-witnesses) prior to ascending to heaven to be at the right hand of God, where He remains and has remained until He comes to take His church home.

Anyone who believes that Jesus in the Son of God, that God raised Him from the dead, and confesses Jesus Christ as LORD will be saved from the punishment of sin and eternal death.


All of the above is the GOSPEL (the Good News): God loves man, wants to be with man, but cannot due to sin. So in His love He gave His Son to take man's place and pay the payment required of sin, because Christ's sacrifice was perfect God raised Him from the dead and if we believe in Him we will share in His resurrection from the dead. This is plain and simply the Gospel, you add anything to it (like good works to save you) it's not the gospel. If you take anything away from it (like denying the deity of Jesus Christ) it's not the gospel. This Gospel as God, as Christ, and as many devoted followers before me have said is the ONLY way to God! "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus," - 1 Timothy 2:5. Jesus Himself also said "I am the Way" (singular) - John 14:6.

2 comments:

JRM said...

And so much more the gospel must be told in these days that we live. I don't think we could proclaim it too much! God, ("Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time"
1 Tim.:4-6) desires for this message to be told everywhere.

.j.

Tina C said...

Amen to that! I like that you added verses 4 and 6. It blows my mind to think of Christ becoming a ransom to buy back my dead/desperate/worthless life. Making me whole and giving me purpose. His love is truly amazing.