The Simple Gospel
1. The good news is that God is holy, perfect, and just. The bad news is we have all sinned and rebelled against God. Because of this we are separated and estranged from the eternal God, our Creator.
2. However, God has provided a way of forgiveness and reconciliation through His Son, Jesus Christ. We call this reconciliation the gospel.
3. The gospel is the good news that when we couldn't reach up to God, He reached down to us. God became a man in Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life that we should have lived, and to pay for our sins, died a cruel and agonizing death that we should have died. The infinite Son of God paying an eternal debt on the cross for our sin against the infinite God.
4. Three days later Jesus rose from the dead in a resurrected body, proving that He is the Son of God, and He offers righteousness and forgiveness of sins to everyone who repents and believes in Him, resulting in reconciliation and an eternal relationship with God.
2. However, God has provided a way of forgiveness and reconciliation through His Son, Jesus Christ. We call this reconciliation the gospel.
3. The gospel is the good news that when we couldn't reach up to God, He reached down to us. God became a man in Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life that we should have lived, and to pay for our sins, died a cruel and agonizing death that we should have died. The infinite Son of God paying an eternal debt on the cross for our sin against the infinite God.
4. Three days later Jesus rose from the dead in a resurrected body, proving that He is the Son of God, and He offers righteousness and forgiveness of sins to everyone who repents and believes in Him, resulting in reconciliation and an eternal relationship with God.
The message at the heart of Christianity is pretty simple. On this three-minute video, find out what it's all about (see below).