The best news you’ve ever heard: the gospel of Jesus Christ!

The best news you’ve ever heard: the gospel of Jesus Christ!

We all know about sin. People sin against us – lying fighting, cruel words, gossip, etc..

But we do the same things! We’re lazy, fear people rather than God, rude on social media, get drunk, sin sexually, try to con each other out of money –and that’s just in the church! We know all about sin!

Or do we? Because that’s the symptom: sins. Sin leads to sins. And SIN is that we don’t know God. Rom 1:21. Titus 3:3.

Therefore God will judge. He is just. We love justice! When the bully gets called out by the teacher. The criminal before the court. Judgement Day will be a good day. All the wrong done will be dealt with. No-one, no matter how powerful, will get away. But because of our sin we too will be judged. God gives us over. And that leads to death…and hell.

Hell: where God is not – or, more accurately, where God is, but his back is eternally turned. We finally get what we want – life without God.

But we were made to be with Him. To reflect His glory and beauty. People, mankind, is a masterwork. We see so much goodness and beauty around us! Marred by sin, yes, but so much goodness and beauty.

But a damaged masterwork cannot fix itself. We try to be good enough, moral enough. WE fail! Titus 3:3-8!

What is the gospel? The good news about JESUS. Mark 1:1 Rom 1:3 1 Cor 1:22-24 2 Cor 4:4-5 1 John 1:1

The problem is sin. (and God’s judgement, and Hell). The answer is JESUS.

Remember Halloween? We had an obstacle course to get to God – but the last jump was impossible! What happened? I, “Jesus” , had to carry you. Jesus does it all.

His blood cleanses us (Eph 1:7) He has paid the price (Rom 3:24) He declared us righteous (Rom 3:24) He set us free (Rom 6:22) He took the punishment (Rom 3:25, Heb 9:14) All on the Cross! Eph 1:3-10

There are only two ways to live. God made the world. We rebelled. We often think about sin like this –like a ranking. There’s Paul, then Hitler, etc. But we are not measured against each other, but God’s righteousness! We’re all in the same boat, no matter how “good “ or “bad” we are. Compared to Jesus we’re all bad! Rom 3:23. And so God will judge us. BUT! Jesus came to die for us. And rose again So that we could have life! So choose: life for self, and die. Or live for Christ and live.The best news you’ve ever heard: the gospel of Jesus Christ!

We all know about sin. People sin against us – lying fighting, cruel words, gossip, etc..

But we do the same things! We’re lazy, fear people rather than God, rude on social media, get drunk, sin sexually, try to con each other out of money –and that’s just in the church! We know all about sin!

Or do we? Because that’s the symptom: sins. Sin leads to sins. And SIN is that we don’t know God. Rom 1:21. Titus 3:3.

Therefore God will judge. He is just. We love justice! When the bully gets called out by the teacher. The criminal before the court. Judgement Day will be a good day. All the wrong done will be dealt with. No-one, no matter how powerful, will get away. But because of our sin we too will be judged. God gives us over. And that leads to death…and hell.

Hell: where God is not – or, more accurately, where God is, but his back is eternally turned. We finally get what we want – life without God.

But we were made to be with Him. To reflect His glory and beauty. People, mankind, is a masterwork. We see so much goodness and beauty around us! Marred by sin, yes, but so much goodness and beauty.

But a damaged masterwork cannot fix itself. We try to be good enough, moral enough. WE fail! Titus 3:3-8!

What is the gospel? The good news about JESUS. Mark 1:1 Rom 1:3 1 Cor 1:22-24 2 Cor 4:4-5 1 John 1:1

The problem is sin. (and God’s judgement, and Hell). The answer is JESUS.

Remember Halloween? We had an obstacle course to get to God – but the last jump was impossible! What happened? I, “Jesus” , had to carry you. Jesus does it all.

His blood cleanses us (Eph 1:7) He has paid the price (Rom 3:24) He declared us righteous (Rom 3:24) He set us free (Rom 6:22) He took the punishment (Rom 3:25, Heb 9:14) All on the Cross! Eph 1:3-10

There are only two ways to live. God made the world. We rebelled. We often think about sin like this –like a ranking. There’s Paul, then Hitler, etc. But we are not measured against each other, but God’s righteousness! We’re all in the same boat, no matter how “good “ or “bad” we are. Compared to Jesus we’re all bad! Rom 3:23. And so God will judge us. BUT! Jesus came to die for us. And rose again So that we could have life! So choose: life for self, and die. Or live for Christ and live.