Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Good News (Gospel Message) in Brief!

  • God is the loving ruler of the world.
  • He made the world.
  • He made us ruler of the world under him.
  • We all reject the ruler (God) by trying to run life our own way without him.
  • But we fail to rule ourselves or society or the world.
  • God won’t let us rebel forever.
  • God’s punishment for rebellion is death and judgement
  • Because of his love, God sent his son into the world: the man Jesus Christ.
  • Jesus always lived under God’s rule.
  • Yet by dying in our place he took our punishment and brought forgiveness.
  • God raised Jesus to life again as the ruler of the world.
  • Jesus has conquered death, now gives new life, and will return to judge.
  • There are now two ways to live:
    • Reject the ruler God by trying to run life our own way
      • Result: Condemned by God; Face death and judgement.
    • Submit to Jesus as our ruler & Rely on Jesus’ death and resurrection
      • Result: Forgiven by God, Given eternal life.

How will you live?

2 comments:

Michael said...

GOD is not real, when you die, that's it.

KQforever said...

And yet everything around you states otherwise. God is, and He has chosen to reveal Himself through the tens of prophets over the course of many diverse centuries that compiled the Bible whom all ultimately pointed towards His Son, Jesus Christ.