The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
(Note: Phrases are hyperlinked to their corresponding Bible passages.)
Almighty God, who is from everlasting to everlasting, Creator and sustainer of the heavens and earth, giver of life to all living, being the ultimate authority who is holy and just, has, as revealed in His Word, appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness when every person will stand before Him to give account for every thought, word, and deed they have committed, all of which will be laid bare on that day.
The standard by which each individual will be judged is God’s Moral Law.
They will be judged for:
every time they’ve murdered or hated someone,
every time they’ve had sex outside of marriage or even just looked with lust,
every time they’ve taken the Lord’s name in vain,
every time they’ve coveted that which belongs to someone else,
every time they’ve dishonored their parents,
among other transgressions of God's moral Law.
The Bible warns that every person who has violated these commandments are enemies of God, the one true God they know exists, and one day, according to His righteous judgment, He will justly punish them, forcing them to pay the penalty of eternal destruction in hell forever.
But God, who is rich in mercy, out of His great love, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, has sacrificially provided a way of forgiveness, as a free gift; a way for sinners to be justified before Him and reconciled to Him.
God became a man in Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, the spotless lamb of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, who lived the sinless life of perfect obedience that we could never live and, because of that, He is the only one who could die a substitutionary death for the sinner.
God requires that justice be satisfied; that justice be paid in full. Sin against an infinite authority (God) requires an infinite punishment and sacrifice. Therefore, either man, who is finite, must pay the penalty for an infinite length of time in hell, or the infinite Christ must pay for it once.
God has declared that there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. We broke God’s Law, but Jesus paid the fine, in His life’s blood, on the cross, for guilty sinners. Jesus went to the cross to pay the debt that sinners owe to God for their sin.
As prophesied in the scriptures, Jesus was buried, then three days later rose from the dead, defeating death, and eternally triumphing over his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe are in Christ, but rather forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and everlasting joy.
Jesus Christ the righteous, the light of the world, who is the way, the truth and the life, ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from where He will come to judge the living and the dead. God commands all people everywhere to repent.
Those who make up their mind and heart to turn from sin (repent) and turn to Jesus: that is, trust alone in His finished work on the cross and in His perfect righteousness (not their own failed self-righteousness), God will not only forgive all of their sins, past, present, and future, but the perfect righteousness of Christ will be imputed to them.
At this moment the sinner is transformed on the inside, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and begins to love the things that God loves, and hate the things that God hates.
The sinner is washed clean, guilt and shame are removed, and they are adopted into the family of God, that they would be called children of God, caused to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, obtaining an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, with the promise that He will never leave them nor forsake them.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom 10:13
To all of those that repent in this manner, and look to Jesus Christ alone for their salvation, the removal of sins is promised and effected, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. These are the promises of God to the people of God.
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