The Gospel

The Gospel is the joyous declaration that God is redeeming the world through Christ (Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:68; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:20), and that he calls everyone everywhere to repent from sin and trust Jesus Christ for salvation (Mark 1:15; Acts 2:38; 17:30).

Each of us has sinned against God (Rom. 3:23), breaking his law and rebelling against his rule, and the penalty for our sin is death and hell (Rom. 6:23). But because he loves us, God sent his Son Jesus (John 3:16; Eph. 2:4; 1 John 4:10) to live for his people’s sake the perfect, obedient life God requires (Rom. 8:4; 1 Cor. 1:30; Heb. 4:15) and to die in their place for their sin (Is. 53:5; Matt. 20:28; 26:28; Mark 10:45; 14:24; Luke 22:20; John 11:50-51; Rom. 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; Eph. 5:2; Heb. 10:14; 1 Pet. 3:18). On the third day, He rose bodily from the grave (Matt. 28:6) and now reigns in heaven (Luke 22:69; 24:51; Heb. 8:1), offering forgiveness (Eph. 1:7), righteousness (Rom. 5:19), resurrection (Rom. 8:11), and eternal blessedness in God’s presence (Rev. 22:4) to everyone who repents of sin and trusts solely in Him for salvation.

May the truth of the following Scriptures thunder in your heart!

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15)

“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

“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.” (Rom. 10:9)

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Eph. 2:8-9)