Gospel Message (Why you need a Savior)

God created Adam and said to him, "You are free to eat from any tree
in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." God gave
Adam the choice to either remain dependent on Him for life or to
become independent from Him which is spiritual death. Adam ate of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and that day he died
spiritually. Each of us are born into this world in the likeness of
Adam. Sin and spiritual death has been passed on to every
human being.
(Genesis 2:15-17)

Our spiritual death (separation from the Life of God)
is what makes us ask the questions, "Who am I? Why
am I here? Where am I going?"
"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man that cannot be
filled by any created thing, but only by God the Creator, made known
through Jesus Christ."

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man
(Adam) and in this way (SPIRITUAL) DEATH CAME TO ALL MEN,
because all have sinned… (Romans 5:12)

Imagine You have to jump 10,000 feet out of an airplane. You will
have to face the law of gravity in a 10,000-foot fall. The knowledge
that you will have to jump should produce a healthy fear in you—
and that kind of fear is good because it can save your life. You know
what the law of gravity can do to you. In the same way we are going
to look at another Law. After we die we have to face what is called
“The Law of Sin and Death.” Hebrews 9:27
We know that Law as “The Ten Commandments.” Romans 8:2
So let’s look at that Law and see how you will do when you face it on
Judgment Day. and hopefully your knowledge of what it can do to
you will help you make the right choice, about life’s greatest issue.

“The law of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul” (Psalm 19:7)

Is God first in your life? Do you love God above all else? If
we love anything—husband, wife, children, or even our OWN
LIVES , more than we love God, we are setting our affection
on the gift rather than the Giver, which is a transgression of
the First Commandment. Matt. 10:37

This means that we shouldn’t make a god to suit
ourselves, either with our hands or our mind. I was
guilty of this. I MADE A GOD TO SUIT MYSELF. My
god didn’t mind a “white” lie, my thought life, or my lifestyle
in fact, he didn’t exist. He was a figment of my
imagination, AN “ IMAGE ” WHICH I SHAPED TO
SUIT MYSELF.

J esus warned that if we get angry without cause we
are in danger of judgment. If we hold hate in our
heart, God calls us a murderer. We can violate God’s
Law by our ATTITUDE AND INTENT.

Who of us can say that we are pure of
heart? Jesus warned , “You have heard that it was said to
those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you
that whoever looks at a woman/man to lust after has “committed
adultery already with her in his heart.” Remember that God has
seen Our thOuGht lIfe.

have you ever told a lie? Then you are a liar. How
many lies do you have to tell to be a liar? Just one.
You may not think deceitfulness is a serious sin.
God does!

A little girl was once watching a sheep eat grass
and thought how white it looked against the green
background. But when it began to snow she
thought, “That sheep now looks dirty against the
“white snow” .It was the same sheep, but with a
different background.

W hen we compare ourselves to man’s standard we look
pretty clean, but when we compare ourselves to the pure
snow-white righteousness of God’s standard-His Law, we
can see ourselves in truth, that we are unclean in His sight.
That Law is the holy standard by which humanity will be
judged on Judgment Day. (James 2:12) (Hebrews 9:27)

Perhaps you think that God is Good and will therefore
overlook your sins and spiritual (dead) condition. But if
you were guilty of terrible crimes in a civil court and said
to the judge, “Judge, I am sorry I know I’m guilty.. but I
believe that you are a good man and will therefore
overlook my crimes,” the judge would probably respond
by saying, “You are right about one thing; I am a good
man, and it’s because of my goodness that I am going to
see that justice is done.

THE LAW OF GOD is merely like a MIRROR — all a
mirror does is show you the truth . We can try to justify,
ignore, or change the truth of our spiritual condition by trying
to measure up in our own eyes, but God still weighs our hearts
and see us a guilty lawbreakers.

"By the law is the knowledge of sin" (Rom. 3:20)
for "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4)

It is through the law that men are convicted of sin; and you must
realize you are a sinner, dead spiritually, exposed to the wrath of
God, before you will realize your need of a Savior.

Sin’s Penalty: Death
The Bible says..
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

When man chose to disobey God, the result was death. The
basic meaning of death is separation. The Bible teaches that
there are three types of death, or separation, that result from
sin.
Spiritual death separates a person from the life of God. (Ephesians 2:1)
Physical death separates a person’s soul from his or her body. (Hebrews 9:27)

Eternal death separates a person, both soul and body, from God forever
in Hell. (Rev. 20:15)

HELL IS ETERNAL AND IRREVERSIBLE

Revelation 14:11 “thesmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever
and they have no rest day and night”

Revelation 20:14 “This is the second death, the lake of fire”

Revelation 20:15 “Ifanyone’s name was not found written in the book
of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire”

But Why Does God allow disease in the world? Does God allow
suffering? Does God allow death? Does God allow sin to break
homes and hearts? Does God allow war? All of these things are,
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN ENTERING INTO THE
WORLD It is the direct result of man's rebellion, and the result of
greed , pride, and egotism , a depraved mind, and hunger for
power that only feeds the desire to get ahead. These are just some
of the horrible fruits of our sinful nature we are born with. Sin
brings suffering & pain into the world. There's no way of getting
around it.

Can you see your predicament? You are guilty of sinning
against God Himself.

T HEY SHOW THAT THE WORK OF THE LAW IS
WRITTEN ON THEIR HEARTS, WHILE THEIR
CONSCIENCE ALSO BEARS WITNESS.
Romans 2:15

Con - “with”, Science – “knowledge”- So then, with the
law written on our hearts and our conscience bearing
witness, it can be said that we are sinning “with
knowledge” that it is against God’s law.

To illustrate this more clearly, let’s go back to that
plane for a moment. You are standing on the edge of a 10,000-foot
drop. You have to jump. (Hebrews 9:27) Your heart is thumping in your
chest. Why? Because of fear. You know that the law of gravity will kill
you when you jump. Someone offers you the original Mona Lisa. You
push it aside. Another person passes you the keys to a brand new
Lamborghini. You let them drop to the floor. Someone else tries to put
a million dollars into your hands. You push the person’s hand away,
and stand there in horror at your impending fate. Suddenly, you hear a
voice say, “Here’s a parachute!”
Which one of those four people is going to hold
the most credibility in your eyes? It’s the one who
held up the parachute! Again, it is your fear of
the jump that turns you toward the good news
of the parachute. In the same way, knowledge of what God’s Law will
do to you produces a fear that makes the news of a Savior unspeakably
good news! It solves your predicament of God’s wrath.

When you say you believe you are a pretty decent person,
keep in mind that it is because you are comparing yourself
on man's scale, not on God's. The Bible teaches that no one is
good (Romans 3:10). Not you. Not me. Not Mother Teresa. Not
past disciples. Only God is good. (Luke 18:18-20) Do you realize
that it is impossible for a good, holy, perfect, truthful God to
have in His presence anyone who has even made one
mistake? Since that is the case, we have a problem.

Are you sure you've never hurt anyone? Have you considered
the things you speak to others? Jesus warns in Matthew 5:21-22 that
even being unjustly angry with someone puts you in danger of
judgment. Also, how many people have you hurt because of
things you do or fail to do?

Take a look at Romans 3:27 and Ephesians 2:8. These passages are
clear that nothing we can do on earth can make us righteous in
His never-failing sight.

Jesus had strong words for the Religious Pharisees of His
day. They said long prayers to be seen by many, they
searched the scriptures daily , They tried to merit favor
with God by acting religious, On the outward they seemed
righteous and good to man, but Jesus called them "a
brood of vipers" and “Hypocrites”

MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD BUT GOD SEES AND
WEIGHS THE HEART. (Matthew 9:11, 12:39, 16:1-4; Luke 7:39, 18:11).

Perhaps you think that belief in God is good enough
to get you to heaven. REMEMBER THE PLANE
ILLUSTRATION… you have to jump… there is a
parachute…I can choose to believe in the parachute
and know all about it and its purpose, functions, etc.
…but it won’t matter, it can’t save me until I
transfer my trust and put my faith in it alone and
PUT IT ON! Also consider this: since Satan and his
demons believe that God is real, does that mean they
too will be in heaven?
James 2:19 See also Romans 1:20

Maybe you have tried to do the right thing for the most part.
You've made some mistakes, and IF GOD WEIGHS YOUR
GOOD DEEDS VS. YOUR BAD DEEDS, YOU HOPE YOU WILL
COME OUT OK. Again, we have the problem that if you have
only sinned once in your life, you've still broken God's law
and are a lawbreaker. God sees our righteousness as "filthy
rags" (Isaiah 64:6). When we think of God's standard of holiness, we don't
even come close!

Just as a human judge must enforce justice, God, who is
completely Just, Holy and Righteous, must also punish sin.

There is no bridge or sacrifice that we can offer God to
try to SATISFY GOD’S WRATH OR MAKE OURSELVES RIGHT BEFORE
GOD, we try our best through Religion , Good works,
Sacraments, Church, TraditionS, philosophy.…yet….WE
STAND GULITY IN GOD’S EYES!
Psalm 51:5 "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me."

Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to
death.”

Romans 3:9-12 `Thereis none righteous, not even one; there is none who seeks for
God; all have turned aside, Romans 8:7 “The sinful mind is hostile to God. It
does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.”

BUT THERE IS HOPE……

God's Solution: God has provided
Life through the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ
For God so love the world, (insert your name ), that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes (trust) in Him shall not perish but have
eternal life. (John 3:16)

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

I am the Resurrection and the Life! He who trust in Me, though he
were dead, will live; and whoever lives and believes (trust) in Me will
never die. Do you believe this? (John 11:25 )

No other name under heaven that could have set you free
from God's judgment by taking your penalty on himself.
Only Jesus could qualify to do that. (Acts 4:12) Without the
shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 9:22)
Only God can forgive sins (Mark 2:6,7; Luke 5:21) With the sentence
of death upon us, 2,000 years ago, The Word became flesh
(John 1:14) stepped into our courtroom, and paid our sin debt

Himself. Like a compassionate judge giving his own life to
save the guilty, Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of
the world

Before Life could be Given,
Sins had to be Forgiven (Taken Away)
Only God can forgive sins.
Who can forgive sins but God alone? (Mark 2:7)

God became a man.
…Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
robbery, but made Himself nothing,… And being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient to death–even death on a cross! (Philippians
2:5-8)

He died in our place.
But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us. (Romans 5:8)

He is the sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole
world. (1 John 2:2)

He is the final sacrifice for our sins

without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22)

Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."
And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for
sin. (Hebrews 10:17,18)

This is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent His
Son as the one who would turn aside his wrath, taking away our sins.
(1John 4:10)

f or mankind to be saved, there were two issues that
God had to address: FIRST, MAN’S SIN (the disease);
SECOND, THE WAGES OF SIN, MAN’S SPIRITUAL
DEATH (the result of the disease). Unless both of these
issues were dealt with, mankind could not be totally
saved.

WE ARE NOT MERELY SAVED BY THE DEATH OF CHRIST ONLY, WE ARE
SAVED BY THE RESURRECTED LIFE OF CHRIST! THIS IS WHY ROMANS 5:10
SAYS, “IF,
WHEN WE WERE GOD’S ENEMIES, WE WERE
RECONCILED TO HIM THROUGH THE DEATH OF HIS SON,
HOW MUCH MORE, HAVING BEEN RECONCILED, SHALL
WE BE SAVED THROUGH HIS LIFE!”

GOD’S SOLUTION TO THE SIN ISSUE WAS THE CROSS;
HIS SOLUTION TO THE LIFE-AND-DEATH ISSUE WAS
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST

"RELIGION" is MAN'S BEST EFFORT to
reach up to God, but Jesus Christ alone is God's
only method to reach down to man in forgiveness
and OFFER HIM TRUE LIFE.

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” ~ Acts 4:12

Many people mistake two things
for saving faith:
MERE INTELLECTUAL ASSENT THAT IS KNOWING A LOT ABOUT
THE BIBLE, LONG PRAYERS, ACTING RELIGIOUS, BELIEVING
CERTAIN HISTORICAL FACTS. THE BIBLE SAYS THE PHARISEES
WERE SELF RIGHTEOUS AND RELIGIOUS, BUT WERE DEAD
SPIRITUALLY. Matthew 9:11, 12:39

MERE TEMPORAL FAITH THAT IS, TRUSTING GOD FOR
TEMPORARY CRISES SUCH AS FINANCIAL, FAMILY, OR
PHYSICAL NEEDS. TRUSTING HIM ONLY WHEN YOU NEED
SOMETHING.

SALVATION IS PASSING FROM DEATH TO LIFE!

EPHESIANS 2:4,5 PUTS IT THIS WAY, “BUT GOD BEING
RICH IN MERCY, BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE
WITH WHICH HE LOVED US, EVEN WHEN WE WERE
DEAD IN OUR TRANSGRESSION MADE US ALIVE
TOGETHER WITH CHRIST.”

B UT HOW DO WE PASS FROM DEATH TO LIFE?
Jesus described the process of receiving life as being “
BORN AGAIN.” When Nicodemus came to Jesus
during the night, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter
the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the
Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth
to Spirit…..you must be born again” Jesus said to him.
(John 3:5-7)

When mom and dad brought us into this world, they
passed on to us physical life. BUT ONLY GOD
CAN GIVE US SPIRITUAL LIFE. That is why
Jesus said that we must be born of the Spirit.

WE RECEIVE THIS SPIRITUAL LIFE (BEING BORN AGAIN), WHEN
CHRIST COMES TO LIVE IN US THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT. BIBLICALLY, THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF A
BELIEVER. “IF ANYONE DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF
CHRIST, HE DOES NOT BELONG TO CHRIST” ROMANS 8:9

ONLY THOSE THAT ARE BORN OF GOD ARE CHILDREN OF GOD
RECEIVING CHRIST INVOLVES MAN REPENTING AND
TRANSEFERING YOUR TRUST FROM
YOURSELF,YOURGOOD WORKS, MAN’S
TRADITIONS,RELIGION,CHURCH,ETC. AS A
MEANS TO KNOW OR TRY TO REACH GOD AND
TRUSTING SOLEY IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE FOR
HIS FORGIVENESS AT THE CROSS AND HIS
PROMISE OF NEW LIFE.

YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY THE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE YOU
THINK THAT BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. THESE
ARE THE SCRIPTURES THAT TESTIFY ABOUT ME, YET YOU
REFUSE TO COME TO ME TO HAVE LIFE JOHN 5:39

PLEASE BE HONEST WITH
YOURSELF.. PUT YOUR FAITH IN
JESUS CHRIST ALONE IN THE
SAME WAY YOU WOULD PUT YOUR
FAITH IN A PARACHUTE. YOU DON’T
JUST “BELIEVE” IN IT OR “KNOW A
LOT ABOUT IT”… YOU ACTUALLY
TRUST YOURSELF TO IT BY
PUTTING IT ON.

REMEMBER MAN WILL TRY TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF IN THE EYES OF MAN, BUT
GOD SEES YOUR HEART, WE ARE ALL BORN DEAD SPIRITIUALLY AND NEED
TO BE BORN AGAIN (LUKE 16:15 ROMANS 3:23)

The following is a suggested prayer:

Lord Jesus, I need you. I realize my sinfulness against you. I
know my religion and good works all fall short. Thank you
for dying on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins. Thank
you for offering me Your life. I now ask you to come into
my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take control of my life
and make me into the new creation You want me to be. I
now thank You for coming into my heart and giving me
life eternal.

FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE (SPIRITUALLY), SO IN CHRIST ALL WILL BE
MADE ALIVE
(1CORINTHIANS 15:22)

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THE LIVING CHRIST HAS COME TO
DWELL WITHIN YOu FOREVER AND YOu HAVE BEGuN THE
GREAT ADVENTuRE FOR WHICH YOu WERE CREATED FOR.

IN HIM YOU ARE A NEW CREATION IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED HIM AS
YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR

NOW WHAT?
Abide in Christ.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in
him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)

Walk in Truth
Jesus said, "If you hold on to My teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31,32)

Grow in Grace
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It
teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live
self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait
for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ… (Titus 2:11-14)

JESUS CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR US, SO THAT HE COULD OFFER HIS
LIFE TO US, SO THAT HE COULD LIVE HIS
LIFE THROUGH US

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When you say you believe you
are a pretty decent person,
keep in mind that it is because
you are comparing yourself on
man's scale, not on God's. The
Bible teaches that no one is
good (Romans 3:10). Not you. Not
me. Not Mother Teresa. Not
past disciples. Only God is
good. (Luke 18:18-20) Do you realize
that it is impossible for a
good, holy, perfect, truthful
God to have in His presence

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