Author	Thread: So what are the essentials of [the Gospel]?
dljrn04 View Profile History	So what are the essentials of [the Gospel]? Posted : 1 Dec, 2012 11:46 AM So what are the essentials of [the Gospel]? We can sum them up in four words: God, man, Christ, and response. 1. God is our holy Creator and righteous Judge. He created us to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever (Gen. 2:7, 16-17; 18:25; Matt. 25:31-33). 2. But mankind has rebelled against God by sinning against His holy character and law (Gen. 3:1-7). We�ve all participated in this sinful rebellion, both in Adam as our representative head and in our own individual actions (1 Kings 8:46; Rom. 3:23; 5:12, 19; Eph. 2:1-3). As a result, we have alienated ourselves from God and have exposed ourselves to His righteous wrath, which will banish us eternally to hell if we are not forgiven (Eph. 2:12; John 3:36; Rom. 1:18; Matt. 13:50). 3. But God sent Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, to die the death that we deserved for our sins � the righteous for the unrighteous � so that God might both punish our sin in Christ and forgive it in us (John 1:14; Rom. 3:21-26; 5;6-8; Eph. 2:4-6). 4. The only saving response to this Good News is repentance and belief (Matt. 3:2; 4:17; Mark 1:15; Luke 3:7-9; John 20:31). We must repent of our sins (turn from them and to God) and believe in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of our sins and reconciliation to God. Mark Dever and Paul Alexander Post Reply
View Profile History	So what are the essentials of [the Gospel]? Posted : 1 Dec, 2012 01:11 PM Paul wrote in Galatians 1: 6-9 "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." The guys called Judaizers came and told Paul's Gentile Christians that they must be circumcised. And most likely circumcision was not the only part of the Old Covenant ceremonial law they wanted the former Gentiles in the flesh, now Christians, to follow. See Acts 15: 5. The Judaizers or the Pharisees who believed in Christ could have followed all four of these essential points of the Gospel, but also taught that Gentile Christians must observe the ceremonial law of Moses or parts of it, which Paul says is another Gospel. Post Reply