The Faith Banquet - THE GOSPEL

THE GOSPEL 

The gospel is the good news that God became man in Jesus Christ. He lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died—in our place. Three days later He rose from the dead, proving that He is the Son of God and offering the gift of salvation to those who repent and believe in Him.

God became man in Jesus Christ. God stepped into the world by taking on human flesh. The religions of the world call men to ascend and work their way to God. Christianity explains that God came down to us.

He lived the life we should have lived. God expects us to keep the moral law. Christ lived a perfect life. His life modeled a life completely yielded to God. This was the life that God intended all men and women to live.

He died the death we should have died—in our place. This is a difficult truth for skeptics to embrace, that evil must be punished. If there is no consequence for breaking a law, then the law ceases to be a law. Christ bore our punishment by taking our place through His death on a Roman cross.

Three days later, He rose from the dead. Christ’s resurrection from the dead verified His identity and proved that His authority was real. It also gives us hope that there is life after death.
This further demonstrates His exclusive claim to be the true path to God.

He offers salvation and forgiveness of sins to those who repent and believe in Him. In God’s gift of salvation we not only receive forgiveness of sins but also are delivered from the power of evil and its consequences—both in this life and the next. To repent means to turn from evil and from trusting in our own efforts to earn our own salvation. In turning from evil, we turn to Christ and believe. The promise is straightforward: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3: 16 NKJV).

Happy Birthday Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Merry Christmas to you all.

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