GOSPEL THREADS
- THE HOLY BIBLE (NIV) -
THE CHARACTER OF GOD
God is the holy, just, and gracious Creator of all things
#1. HE IS HOLY
"I am the Lord, your Holy One Israel’s Creator, your King.” - Isaiah 43:15
#2. HE IS JUST
"Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
the Lord detests them both." - Proverbs 17:15
#3. HE IS GRACIOUS
"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people." - Titus 2:11
THE SINFULNESS OF MAN
We are each created by God, but we are all corrupted by sin
#1. WE HAVE REBELLED AGAINST GOD
"All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not
even one.” - Romans 3:12
#2. WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." - Romans 3:23
#3. WE ARE DEAD WITHOUT GOD
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23
THE SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST
Jesus alone is able to remove our sin and restore us to God
#1. HE LIVED THE LIFE WE COULD NOT LIVE
"But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin." - 1 John 3:5
#2. HE DIED THE DEATH WE DESERVE TO DIE
"He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” - 1 Peter 2:24
#3. HE CONQUERED THE ENEMY WE CANNOT CONQUER
"I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. - Revelation 1:18
THE NECESSITY OF FAITH
We can be restored to God only through faith in Jesus
#1. WE TURN FROM OUR SIN AND OURSELVES
"The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1:15
#2. WE TRUST IN JESUS AS SAVIOR AND LORD
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." - Romans 10:9
THE URGENCY OF ETERNITY
Our eternal destiny hinges on our response to Jesus
#1. HELL IS A DREADFUL REALITY FOR THOSE WHO TURN FROM JESUS
"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of his might." - 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
#2. HEAVEN IS A GLORIOUS REALITY FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN JESUS
"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ." - Philippians 3:20
"Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent." - John 17:3