Gospel

“Gospel” means good news. When believers speak of the Gospel, they are referring to the God New of Jesus Christ! This is the best news you will ever hear. 

This good news is found in the Bible. The Bible is the very word of God, and is perfect, without error, and completely sufficient for everything in this life! 

This story starts with God and is about God. He is Holy. He is completely separate and perfect. Isaiah 6:3 says,”“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” This God is also the Creator of everything including this earth, the heavens, and man. The very first vers of the Bible say, “ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” In the beginning, everything was perfect and good.

But this story takes a turn when Man begins to question God. The first human eventually sins and rebels against God’s prefect plan. Sin is missing the mark of God’s holy and perfect standard. Sin has infected every human. If you are honest, you must have felt this burden of sin, especially in our selfish choices.  Romans 3:23 says,”all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. Later in the book of Romans is continues, “For the wages of sin is death.” This doesn’t sound like Good news but then this story takes another turn!

God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to live among us as a human. You have heard the Christmas story about Jesus being Born in a manger but this God’s redemptive plan unfolding. Matthew 1:23 says, "“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).” Jesus lived the perfect life. In fact he was the only person to walk this earth to be completely without sin. 

At the end of Jesus’ life, we was the ultimate demonstration of God’s Love. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” Jesus was crucified on the cross where God poured out his wrath on Jesus. He treated Jesus as the sinner.