What is the Gospel?

Man was created so that we could know God. However, all have sinned and fall short of God's perfect standard to get into Heaven. To get into Heaven, the Bible says that you have to be perfectly righteous, holy, never sin, be morally perfect like God ALL THE TIME etc, which none of us have fulfilled.

However, Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God, lived and died the perfect life so that He could fulfill the righteous requirements that God has made. He was nailed to a cross and bore the wrath of God His Father (was crushed by Him in spirit - Isaiah 53), to pay for our sins, to pay the price of the justice of God that must be satisfied.

Three days after Jesus was nailed to the cross and died, He rose from the dead as a testimony that God accepted His sacrifice, and then forty days later He ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of His Father.

The Father gave up Jesus out of love. The Bible says "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

So in order to be saved from the power of sin and the judgment of God (where those who have not had their sins paid for will be thrown into hell for eternity, due to God being just and good), we must place our faith unto repentance (turning from your sin, seeing it as God does and subjecting yourself to Him) in Jesus Christ and in His atoning work.

Being saved (a believer in Christ) does not mean that all your problems go away or that you will have a good life. In fact, the Christian life is one of persecution and "the one who seeks to save his life must lose it for [His] sake" (Matthew 16:25).



To summarize, the gospel of Christ reveals that:

1. All are sinners and cannot do anything to save themselves. (Romans 3:23)

2. Jesus Christ, God's Son, is a perfect Savior for sinners, even the worst. (John 6:37-44; Hebrews 7:25)

3. Jesus Christ died for sinners, was buried, and rose again on the third day. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

4. It is the power of God for salvation to all who believe. (Romans 1:16)

5. Salvation comes only through Jesus. (Acts 4:12)

6. Salvation is the gift of God by His grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone, and not by any works you do. (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

7. Salvation comes through the blood of Christ, which makes the sinner righteous before God and brings reconciliation with Him. (Romans 3:25, 5:9)

8. Salvation comes at the moment the sinner believes the gospel. (Romans 10:9-13; Ephesians 1:13-14)

9. Salvation is granted by God and secured by God. (John 10:27-30)

10. Jesus perfectly accomplished and completed all the works necessary to save sinners. (John 19:30)

11. Salvation is completely of God and not of man in any way, and it is to the glory of God alone. (Romans 8:28-30; Romans 9; Ephesians 1)



If you want to know more, let me know and I'd be glad to discuss it further with you.