The Gospel

I am trying to put together a complete representation of the Gospel that can be printed and given to people who God may be calling. I would love to gather input from my readers on this project. The empty parenthesis will eventually have scripture references.

Here is what I have so far:

Are you one of God's chosen?

Ephesians 1:4-5 and Romans 8:28-30 clearly teach that God has already chosen those who are destined to live with Him for eternity. The question is who has God chosen?

How do you know if God has chosen you?

The bad news!

By one man sin entered the world ()and every person since that day is fatally infected by sin. Sin is any act that defies God's commands, but more importantly, sin is what and who we are. Every single human person has sinned(Romans 3:23). God demands nothing less than death as payment for sin(). As sinners, we do not posses the capability to change what we are. Can a blade of grass will itself to become an ant? Can an ant will itself to become human? Can a sinner will himself to become righteous? The answer to all three is indisputably no! There has never been a blade of grass that became an ant, there has never been an ant that became human and there has never been a human that made himself righteous. We all deserve death and eternal punishment as the rite consequence of our very nature, and sadly, most of us will().

The good news!

A relatively small number will be called out of sin() and made to be new creatures(). Just as, by one man, sin entered the world, by one man, sin is conquered()! You see, God loves His chosen so much that He gave His only Son, the only sinless human, to pay the cost of our sin. Jesus' death is the only death that fully satisfies the cost of sin. Jesus became sin for us so that he could die in our place! If Jesus died and stayed in the grave, we would have no assurance that our debt had been paid, but Jesus did not stay in the grave, he truly conquered death and was raised out of the grave back to life and because of this, we know that our debt is paid. Jesus now gives his righteousness to those who receive the truth about him(). God's chosen are saved only by God's grace through faith, not by good works so that no one can brag about his own righteousness(Ephesians 2:8-9).W

When we are chosen by God, in Jesus, we become a new creature(). The sinner becomes righteous and his life begins to reflect that change. None of us know exactly who God's chosen are until they begin to live for Jesus.

BUT!

YOU can determine if you are living for Jesus by analyzing your own habits and priorities. Do you truly have a desire to serve God, OR do you pretend to live for God so that you gain the acceptance of others?

If your habits and priorities don't reflect a changed person, it does not necessarily mean that you are not “chosen” it only means that you have not yet understood and believed the truth about Jesus YET. Your damnation isn't sure until you leave this life through death, for only then is your chance to repent gone.

Where will you go when you die?

All you have to do is believe that Jesus is God(), died, rose again, and paid the price for our sin.

If you truly believe, then you are guaranteed to become a new person with new habits and priorities, and a place in heaven with God.

If you pretend to believe, you may try to live a new life, but without God's choosing, you will eventually follow the masses to eternal death and punishment in hell.

If you are one of God's chosen you can be sure that you will eventually believe!

Believe on Jesus today and start your new life!

David