The Gospel!

What is the Gospel? What do I believe in? This whole blog is about God and Christ, but I realize that I have never actually presented the Gospel…

The Gospel of Christ.  He is the “good news”.  It’s nice to have good news in the midst of all the bad we hear about today.  But before I give the good, first the bad must be heard.

Why do we need the Gospel? The Bible says were all sinners… (Rom. 3:10-18; 23).  We have broken off fellowship with God.  Because of His holiness, Righteousness, and Wrath, He must punish our sin! Our destiny is Hell… sad truth!!! That is why we need the Gospel, because we are sinners.

Romans 5:8 says “But God demonstrated His own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (NET).  A few verses earlier, Paul writes in verse 6, “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly” (NET).  God had a plan.  He knew that nothing can atone for our sins except for blood sacrifice, for that was the system that He set up in the Old Testament.  Nothing but the Perfect Sacrifice could atone for sins, once and for all!  No amount of good works, giving of money or anything can substitute the need of a Blood Sacrifice.  So God, who is rich in mercy and full of grace, sent His Son born of a virgin to be the Savior.

No Gospel message is complete without mentioning the Deity of Christ.  Only God is capable of providing that Perfect Sacrifice and only God is capable of being that Perfect Sacrifice for our sins.  Jesus Christ is God (John 8:58; 10:30)!  That is why Christ is the Perfect Sacrifice and He bled and died for our sins!

Grace: The free gift we don’t deserve.  None of us deserve to go to heaven, yet God is full of grace.  We don’t just automatically go to Heaven because Christ died for sins.  We must believe in Christ, that He died for us (John 1:12-13; 3:16; Eph. 2:8-10).  It is through faith in Christ that places in His hands and He is our advocate (I John 2:1-2). 

Okay, now what? I’ve trusted Christ as my Savior, what happens now?  I have a question for you: If you have placed your faith in something yet don’t act on it, is that true faith? I submit to you: NO!!!!  True saving faith results in one’s lifestyle being changed (I John 1:1-2:6).  Christ is explicitly clear about a believer and their lifestyle.  They WILL produce fruit for the sake of Christ (Matthew 12:33-37; 13:1-23; John 15; Eph. 2:8-10; Rom. 8:28-30).    Your life will change to conformity of Christ (Rom. 8:28-30; Eph. 2:8-10).  That may seem like the line is blurred of saving faith and working for your faith.  You cannot be saved by works, I can’t make that clear enough, but once you are saved your life will change.  Faith in Christ changes your life!!!