1.
The Gospel of Christ Jesus
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The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but
now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known
what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:
which is CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY (Colossians 1:26-27)
“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)
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God’s good will, His eternal
purpose, is a plan to ultimately
bring mankind to His Glory. Man
was created to express God in
His righteousness, holiness and
Glory with provision made for
perceived blunders man will make
along the way.
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What is the ‘Glory of God’?
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The Glory of God is the radiance of the immeasurable, exceedingly
great (built-in) worth of the virtues that make Him God; the
immeasurable, exceedingly great (built-in) worth of His:
Life – He is the essence of the breathe of life
Spirit – It is impossible to see Him with human eyes, but through the
eye of the spirit
Omnipotence – He has the ultimate power to do whatever He wills.
Omnipresence – He fills the whole of creation which makes it possible
for Him to be present everywhere at once
Omniscience – He knows all things that can be known in the past,
present, future, so nothing can escape His knowledge
Infinity – He is, if I may say, interwoven into all things.
Nature of Love – God’s love for us is just as His attribute of being
immutable, it cannot change
Immutability – God cannot change because He is the beginning and end
‘Alpha & Omega’
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“Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My
glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.” (Isaiah 43:7)
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows
His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night
reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a
tabernacle for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming out of
his chamber, and rejoices like a strong man to run its race. Its
rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end;
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.” (Psalm 19:1-6)
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The whole of creation declare the Glory of God
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8.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ Jesus
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and
death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all
sinned.” (Romans 5:12)
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“And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His
heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although
the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again
destroy every living thing as I have done.” (Genesis 8:21)
The gospel of Christ Jesus is the singularly most important
communication of God to man. In Jesus, who is God the Son,
we have the revelation of God’s love and sacrifice that saves
us from God's righteous judgment upon sinners.
Sinners?????????
Yes, because:
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Fallen Adam (Unregenerate Man) Is Apart From God
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)
“For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20)
“As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who understands;
there is none who seeks after God.” (Romans 3:10-11)
Man
God
“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face
from you, so that He will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:2)
“These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power.” (2 Thes. 1:9).
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
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Thank God, He did not give up man. Out of love, He came in His Son to
accomplish an eternal redemption for man. Jesus Christ is the provision
God has made for the blunders he had perceived that man will make along
the way.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
…..And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:1,14)
The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”[a]), 14 that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith. (Galatians 3:13-14)
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
“This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the
chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other
name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:11-12)
”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. For God did not send
His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him
might be saved.” (John 3:16-17)
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood
He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption. …. so Christ was offered once to bear the
sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a
second time, apart from sin, for salvation. (Heb. 9:12; 28).
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Despite God’s unwavering love, man prefers sin
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“Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins,
might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
How?????????
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Atonement
Atonement is a concept in which obstacles to reconciliation with God
are removed; through the death and resurrection of our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken
down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the
enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so
as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,
and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through
the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. (Ephesians 2:14-16)
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and
by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on
earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His
cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh
through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach
in His sight (Colossians 1:19-22)
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Atonement (Before Jesus Came)
And even as they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gave them over to a
debased mind, to do those things which are not
fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife,
deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy,
unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing
the righteous judgment of God, that those who
practice such things are deserving of death, not
only do the same but also approve of those who
practice them. (Romans 1:28-32)
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God
sins
Man
Man separated from God
“for all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God”
(Romans 3:23)
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God; And your sins
have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear. (Isaiah
59:2)

17.
Atonement (Before Jesus Came)
In old testament days
Atonement Cover
“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a
cubit and a half its width. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work
you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at one end, and
the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of
one piece with the mercy seat. And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above,
covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of
the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the
ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. And there I will meet
with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two
cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you
in commandment to the children of Israel.” (Exodus 25:17-22)
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Atonement (Before Jesus Came)
At The Mercy Seat
(Hebrews 9:4-6)
And even as they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gave them over to a
debased mind, to do those things which are not
fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife,
deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy,
unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing
the righteous judgment of God, that those who
practice such things are deserving of death, not
only do the same but also approve of those who
practice them. (Romans 1:28-32)
God
Atonement
Cover
Man reconciled to God
The Ark of the Covenant was the place where the Lord had the sacrificial blood poured
out, for the forgiveness of Israel’s sins. The blood was sprinkled on the atonement cover.
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Atonement (At Calvary)
God
Man reconciled to God (at
Calvary). This is made possible
by God sacrificing His only
begotten Son Jesus Christ
(John 3:16)
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by
Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth
or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked
works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death,
to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight
(Colossians 1:19-22)
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Atonement
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of
reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world
to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has
committed to us the word of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are
on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and
for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
(Colossians 1:16-17)
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PROPITIATION
Points to what God has received from the death of Christ,
whether or not a sinner trusts Jesus Christ.
“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him
stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and
by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned,
every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
(Isaiah 53:4-6)
This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by
water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Spirit; and these three are one. (1 John 5:6-7)
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PROPITIATION
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have
not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)
Propitiate: to conciliate, appease.
Propitiation: The act of propitiating. Latin propitius, a disposition of
favour (one can think pro-pity, a setting forth of pity or mercy).
The Greek word translated propitiation in the New Testament is hilasmos,
which is a means of appeasing, a conciliation.
To appease: to bring peace or calm, to satisfy or relieve.
To atone: to make amends or reparations for an injury or wrongdoing, to
expiate.
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PROPITIATION
Propitiation is the work Jesus did on the cross to appease and satisfy God's wrath
so He would be able to pardon sinners who trust in Christ. It is God’s way of making
amends for our sins. This He does by a process in which the guilt or innocence is
transferred from one person (Jesus) to another (man). The guilt or the bad actions
of one person is attributed or imputed to another. So that when it comes to
punishment, the person who is the substitute bears the brunt, and that the person
substituted goes away free. This way God made reparations for our sins by
transferring them to Christ’s account as He hung on the cross at Calvary. The
absolute sinless life of Jesus Christ makes this transaction possible as His
innocence is transferred to those who believe and follow Him.
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PROPITIATION
The unregenerate man lives
with the consequences of his
sins.
Jesus bears the sin of those who
have made a conscious decision
to believe in Him; and His finished
work on the cross at Calvary
Wrath of God
sins
sins
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if
anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also
for the whole world. (1 John 2:2)
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GOD’S FULL SALVATION
REGENERATION
• God justifies us through propitiation by Christ
Jesus and regenerates us in our spirit with His life
by His Spirit. It involves: Redemption,
Sanctification (positional 1 Pet. 1:2; 1 Cor. 6:11),
justification, reconciliation and regeneration
TRANSFORMATION
• Freedom from the dominion of indwelling sin. It
involves: Freedom from Sin, Sanctification (mainly
dispositional Roman 6:19,22), growth in life,
transformation, building up and maturing.
CONSUMMATION
• Redemption of our corrupted body (Roman 8:23) and
transfiguring into Christ’s glory (Phil. 3:21). This is
the inheritance of God’s Kingdom and participation in
Jesus’ Kingship.
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THE ETERNAL
PURPOSE
PLAN A - Ephesians 1:3-6
PLAN A1 - Ephesians 1:7-9
PLAN A BOT - Ephesians 1:10-12
PLAN A – The Glory of God (The purpose of creation) Isaiah 43:7; Romans 8: 18-21; 9:23 Ephesians 1:3-
12; Eccl.1:5-8; Gen.1:1-4; Gen.1:26-29; Psalm 19:1-6; Psa. 96:1-9; Exo. 3:1-3, 14; Isa. 43:7; Jer. 29:11; Matt
25:34; Col. 1:15-18.
Son on God having a body to express His life
Called to God’s
Kingdom 1Thes. 2:12
Sanctification Last
Adam—head of a new
race Romans 6:5; 2
Corinthians 4:17,
Ephesians 1:17-23
Consumation Regeneration Transformation
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First Adam,
sum total of
humanity
Romans 5
The Son of God having a body to express His Life (Glory)
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE
O’Lord, Express Your Life through me!!! Eccl. 3:10,11.
The Glory of The Lord Ezekiel 1:24-28; Philippians 2:5-11;
PLAN A Consummation –Back on
Track (Joint heirs with Christ) Eccl.
3:10; Col. 3:4; Heb 2:11; Rev. 20:11-15;
21:1-421.
A
PLAN A1 - The Gospel of
Christ. (Purpose of redemption)
John 3:16; Colossians 1:26-27; 2 Tim
2:10-12; Heb. 2:10, Isaiah 53:3-7: Col.
1:11-22.
All have sinned and
fallen short of the
glory of God Romans.
3:10-18; 23; Eph.
4:17-19.
Transformation - Glory
and proving of Faith 1
Pet. 1:7; 1 Pet 5:10; Roman
6:19,22; 15:16 Heb.
12:10; 1 Pet. 4:17; 1
Cor. 3:6-7; Eph. 2:22.
A1
A
Regeneration: Redemption, Sanctification,
justification, reconciliation and regeneration Last
Adam—Only Way to The Father 1 Pet. 1:2; 1 Cor.
6:11; John 14:6; Hebrews 13:12; Hebrews 9:12,24;
Eph.5:25; Col. 1:26,27; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 7:19-25;
Romans 8:21
Fruit of Adam’s
seed.
Rom. 1:21-23; Col.
2:18; 1Pet. 1:18; 2
Pet. 2:18 -22.
Eph. 1:3-6 Eph. 1:7-9 Eph. 1:10-12

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Most Importantly!!!!!
You might say – "Why do I have to know and experience this Jesus you are going on about?" Here
is why, when and how you can get to know Him.
Admit your spiritual need.
We all are sinners: nobody likes that title “SINNER”, but the bible says in Romans 3:23 that “all have
sinned and fallen short of the glory of God”.
What is the result of sin?
In Romans 6:23 we read “The wages of sin is death…” in other words, every sin is another step
towards death. One thing that we need to remember is that God never sends anyone to hell; one can
send himself there by rejecting the truth.
Since we can never measure up to God’s standards by our own strength; God has reached out to
mankind.
In Romans 5:8 we read, “God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us”. It is Jesus, after all, who is the source of life’s greatest high.
“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. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17).
What must a person do to accept this gift?
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Simply receive it! Matthew 11:28 states –“come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me…for my yoke is easy and my burden is
light”.
Revelation 3:20 says, “Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me” Jesus stands at the door of your heart
and knocks, seeking entrance into your life to give you peace, change you for the best. John 1:12 says: “For
as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become the children of God”.
If you haven't already received Christ as your Saviour, don't put it off another day! Take
time right now to reflect on the state of your life, how does Romans 3:23 apply to you?
Ask God to empower you to see the true state of your heart – “The heart of man is
deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9) then
when enabled, invite Jesus into your life. Confess your sins. Receive His forgiveness and
the gift of eternal life. You might pray something like this:
Dear Jesus, I know that I am a sinner in need of a Saviour. Thank You for
dying on the cross for my sins. Thank You for giving me eternal life. Help
me to live my life in a way that pleases You, for whatever time You give me
here on earth. I look forward to living forever in Heaven with You. Amen.
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