THE GOSPEL pdf
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God, that you may KNOW that you have eternal life, and that you may
continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:13
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THE GOSPEL
Has anyone ever shown you from the Bible how you can know for certain
that you will go to heaven when you die?
The word "Gospel" means "good news." It is the good news of how you can have a
loving, personal relationship with God that gives meaning and purpose to this life,
and, at the same time, gives you the certainty that you will spend eternity with Him
in heaven.
Many people today claim that they are preaching the Gospel, yet they all seem to
have different messages.
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THREE QUESTIONS
Before we begin, would you answer three helpful questions?
1. What have you been told that the Gospel is?
2. If you died tonight and stood before God, and He asked: "Why should I let you
into My heaven?" what would you say?
3. If you died right now, do you know with absolute certainty that you would go to
heaven?
Could you answer:
Yes! I am absolutely certain that I would go to heaven.
or
No, I do not know with "absolutely certainty" that I would to heaven.
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SIN
To understand the good news of how the relationship between God and man must
be restored, one must first understand how that relationship fell into ruin.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
We were dead in sins...
Ephesians 2:5
God is holy (spiritually clean) and man is sinful (spiritually unclean). Just as a
person who was physically clean could not tolerate being next to a dead, decaying,
stinking animal, so a perfect and holy God cannot allow a sinful and imperfect man
into His presence. Man is dead in his sins!
The word "Gospel" means "good news." It is the good news of how you can have a
loving, personal relationship with God that gives meaning and purpose to this life,
and, at the same time, gives you the certainty that you will spend eternity with Him
in heaven.
Many people today claim that they are preaching the Gospel, yet they all seem to
have different messages.
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SEPARATION FROM GOD
The result of sin is clear:
Your sins have made a barrier between you and your God.
Isaiah 59:2
SIN CREATES A BARRIER THAT
SEPARATES MAN FROM GOD
God is both holy (spiritually clean) and infinite. Therefore, He is infinitely holy!
Consequently, even the smallest sin is infinitely offensive to Him. Thus, the Bible
teaches that even the smallest sin is enough to eternally separate man from God.
God cannot allow sin in His presence.
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