The Seed of the Gospel

Gospel: “the Good News of God’s salvation of mankind made possible by Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection”

Story of something taking root

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I. How Does the Seed of the Gospel Take Root? (Ephesians 2:8-9

Ephesians 2:8–9 (NLT)

8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

Faith: “trusting, believing, or taking God at His Word; having a confident assurance of unseen things”

Salvation: “deliverance from the power and effects of sin through the person and work of Jesus Christ”

Grace: “undeserved and unmerited favor”

II. Why Do We Need To Be Saved?

Romans 3:23 (NLT)

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

a. Because we have sinned

Romans 6:23 (NLT)

23 For the wages of sin is death…

b. Because the payment for sin is death

III. How Can We Be Saved?

Romans 6:23 (NLT)

23 ...but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 (NLT)

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8 (NLT)

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)

21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

The seed of the Gospel is the start of spiritual life.

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