Promise 1: The Gospel Explained: Understanding the Good News of Salvation

LESSON -ONE ::::::::::::

THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON : KNOWING CHRIST

LETS REVIEW SOME BASIC TRUTHS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND THE SALVATION HE OFFERS.

MAYBE YOU ARE RENEWING YOUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST OR JUST BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. EITHER WAY, WE CAN REALLY NEVER KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE "GOOD NEWS'' THAT HAS FREED US FROM ETERNAL DEATH AND GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THOUGH YOU MAY KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE MORALLY BETTER THAN OTHERS, WE PROBABLY NEVER KNEW ANYONE WHO DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN SIN AND IMPERFECTION IS ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD, WHO IS HOLY AND PERFECT.

GOD IS THE VERY SOURCE OF LIFE, IF WE ARE ETERNALLY SEPARATED FROM HIM, IT MEANS ETERNAL DEATH.

ROMANS 6:23 """"""'FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH"""""". BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN HIM. FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST’S DEATH ON THE CROSS AND HIS RESURRECTION SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE>>>>.

GODS PROMISE OF SALVATION::::::::::::::::::

WHAT DOES SALVATION MEAN? THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED SALVATION. WHICH MEANS BEING SET FREE FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN (ETERNAL DEATH) AND EXPERIENCING PEACE WITH GOD AND THE ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM.

BEST KNOW VERSE IN THE BIBLE IS:

(JOHN 3:16) “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE"""""""""

IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VERSE ONE PHRASE AT A TIME. WE MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND ITS SIMPLE TRUTH.

"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD"

THE WORLD INCLUDES YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE FACE OF THIS WORLD. GOD DOES LOVE YOU. AND THE NEXT PART OF THIS VERSE SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU:::

" "" THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE

AND ONLY SON".""""""""

HOW DID GOD GIVE HIS SON????? GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE FOR US IN THIS: WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.""""ROMANS 5:8

HE TOOK ALL YOUR SINS AND DIED ONCE FOR ALL. JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, PAID THE PENALTY FOR YOUR SINS WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS. AS HE DIED HE SAID: LETS ALL REMEMBER "IT IS FINISHED". JOHN 19:30

THIS MEANS THAT HE JESUS CHRIST HAD TRULY DONE EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR YOUR SALVATION.

AMAZINGLY HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH JESUS WAS EQUAL TO GOD THE FATHER (JOHN:1-1)"" IN THE BEGINNING THE LIVING EXPRESSION WAS ALREADY THERE."" AND THE LIVING EXPRESSION WAS WITH GOD, YET FULLY GOD. THEY WERE TOGETHER - FACE - TO - FACE IN THE BEGINNING"""""

HE (JESUS) FREELY CHOSE TO BECOME A HUMAN BEING AND DIE FOR US.

(PHIL:2;6-8)

THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST

"HE EXISTED IN THE FORM OF GOD, YET HE GAVE NO THOUGHT TO SEIZING EQUALITY WITH GOD AS HIS SUPREME PRIZE. INSTEAD HE EMPTIED HIMSELF OF HIS OUTWARD GLORY BY REDUCING HIMSELF TO THE FORM OF A LOWLY SERVANT. HE BECOME HUMAN. HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME VULNERABLE, CHOOSING TO BE REVEALED AS A MAN AND OBEDIENT. HE WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, EVEN IN HIS DEATH - A CRIMINALS DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION.

HOW SHOULD YOU RESPOND TO CHRIST DEATH ON THE CROSS??

""THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH""

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD'S SON AND EXCEPT HIM AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY THE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT FOR YOUR SINS, JESUS PAID THAT PENALTY FOR YOU WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS.

"""BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE",<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

LETS SEE'"""""INSTEAD OF ETERNAL DEATH AND SEPARATION FROM GOD, YOU WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE . THE MOMENT YOU TRUST CHRIST.

YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. (COL 1;14)

BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. (JOHN1:12)

YOU NOW POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. (JOHN3:16)

HAVE YOU PERSONALLY TRUSTED JESUS

CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR?????

IF NOT, YOU CAN TRUST HIM RIGHT NOW???

THE BIBLE SAYS,"" EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED"""" (ROMANS10;13)

DEAR LORD JESUS,

I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER, AND I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR MY SINS AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. I TURN FROM MY SINS AND INVITE YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART, AND LIFE. I WANT TO TRUST AND FOLLOW YOU JESUS, AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR.

AMEN !!

PUT YOUR NAME HERE_______________________

REMEMBER TO BE ASSURED OF SALVATION, SIMPLY TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD.

YOUR NEW VERSE (JOHN 3:16) AMEN

JOHN L3:16 " FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE HAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON,THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE"""""""""

LOVE YOU GUYS. AMEN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

VICTORYHALL YES, WE HAVE ARRIVED LETS HAVE VICTORY OVER THIS LIFE AND WORLD.

GODS HERE TO HELP. READ HIS WORD DAILY. ITS A LIVING EXPRESSION OF HIM.