The Gospel

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The word gospel means "good news." Therefore, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the Good News of Jesus Christ. But before we can receive the good news, we need to understand and come to terms with the bad news.

The bad news is, we are ALL sinners. We have all fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).

See, God created a beautiful and perfect world for us to enjoy with Him. But God didn't want to create humans to be robots and love Him automatically. So He created the tree of knowledge of good and evil and told Adam not to eat of it or he will surly die. He gave us free will to choose or not to choose Him. So for a while things were perfect. Adam walked and talked with God. He had a perfect relationship with Him. But then came the choice. Continue to love God and be in perfect harmony with him or listen to the lies of the serpent and disobey God.  With the assistance of Eve, Adam's wife, they both chose to disobey God and ate the fruit of the tree that they were commanded not to eat from, and listed to the lies of Satan which brought sin into the world forever. There was no turning back. Perfect harmony with God was over. From this one decision, sin would be passed down through Adam's seed from generation to generation. 

Because Adam and Eve chose to listen to Satan and disobey God there had to be consequences. So he lays it down on them starting with the serpent.

To the Serpent God said: "...Cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. (Gen 3:14-15).

This is our first introduction to the gospel. Yep, that's right! The Gospel of Jesus Christ started in the beginning of Genesis and plays throughout the rest of the Bible until Jesus comes back in Revelation. God had a plan of redemption well before man made a catastrophe decision.

Did you catch that little hint? Her offspring? Other translations use the word, seed. Wait a second, HER SEED? Doesn't man carry the seed? Well if Jesus were to come through Adam's seed that would mean Jesus would be born into sin, and that is just plain impossible. That's where the Virgin Mary comes in. Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit through Mary. A virgin birth. Her Offspring. Jesus was born perfect and stayed perfect to be the perfect final sacrifice on the cross. He bore the sins of you and I on the Cross. You know what that means? You and I escape God's wrath.  Jesus took our punishment. But that's not the end of the story. Jesus was buried and on the third day, HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. JESUS DEFEATED SIN AND DEATH ONCE AND FOR ALL. That means we don't have to be afraid of death. When you are in Christ and your time comes to an end on earth the Bible says, "...to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Cor 5:8). The second you leave this earth when you die, you are HOME WITH THE LORD. THIS FRIENDS IS GOOD NEWS!!! Reconciled and made right to the Holy and Righteous God. We are in Harmony once again thanks to the work of Jesus on the cross!

You have a decision to make. The most important decision you'll ever make in your lifetime.

Will you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and live for Him?

Or, will you chose to reject Him. Turn your back on His saving grace?

Each one comes with a consequence. Heaven or Hell. 

Now let me be clear, you won't be going to hell for your sins, you'd be going for your unbelief in Jesus. See, He isn't going to make you be with him forever. Remember we have free will. God will never force Himself on you. You have a choice. 

Finally, if you believe in your heart that Jesus, God in flesh, came down and lived a perfect life, went to the cross to die and sacrifice Himself to save you, then rose again three days later defeating sin and death and that He is coming once again to bring us HOME, then do as Romans 10:9 says, "if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

Confess that you need a savior. Tell Jesus that you are a sinner and ready to repent and  use your life to serve and follow Him. Tell Him that you are ready to change your life. That you believe He came and died and rose again and is coming back!

Now you grow in your faith! If you don't have a bible, get one! Study it. Meditate on it. Soak it into every aspect of your life. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to truth and to help you understand. 

Don't forget to find a church and get connected! Grow, grow, grow!

Jesus said in Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

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