I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- ROMANS 1:16-17
21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 1:21-24
THE GOOD NEWS – JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND ALL THINGS THAT HE HAVE DONE
34Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right. 36You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
39“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 43All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
- ACTS 10:34-43
GOSPEL IS THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN FAITH
1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 – 2
THE WORD OF GOD THAT WILL LAST FOREVER
25but the word of the Lord stands forever. And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 PETER 1:25
35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- MATHEW 24:35
THE GOOD NEWS THAT BRINGS SALVATION
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
- EPHESIANS 1:13
FAITH IS THE FIRST STEP TO SALVATION
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
- ROMANS 10:9-10
Repentance is proof of having faith
38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- ACTS 2:38
Being baptized is the proof of repentance
and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 PETER 3:20-22
WE MUST CONTINUE IN FAITH IN ORDER TO BE SAVED . . .
35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37For in just a very little while,
“He who is coming will come and will not delay.
38But my righteous one will live by faith.
And if he shrinks back,
I will not be pleased with him.”[39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
- HEBREWS 10:35-39
Continuing in faith means :
Remaining in God’s word that is following Christ’s commandments
1To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- JOHN 8:31-32
Living a life in accordance with the Gospel
27Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel 28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.
- PHILIPPIANS 1-:27-28
- Bear fruits of good works
10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- EPHESIANS 2:10
FAITH UNTIL THE END WILL LEAD TO SALVATION . . .
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.
– HEBREWS 3:14
All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- MATHEW 10:22
BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God . . .
- ROMANS 3:22-23
“We who are Jews by birth and not ‘Gentile sinners’ 16know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
- GALATIANS 2:15 – 16
5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
- ROMANS 5:5
4But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
- TITUS 3:4-6
6Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- GALATIANS 3:6
9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.
- PHILIPPIANS 3:9
- MAKING PEOPLE BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD
26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
- GALATIANS 3:26-29
because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- ROMANS 8:14
- FREEDOM FROM HEAVY BURDENS OF THE LAW OF MOSES THAT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE PEOPLE RIGHTEOUS
3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man
- ROMANS 8:3
13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.
- COLOSSIANS 2:13 –14
6But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
- ROMANS 7:6
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law,that we might receive the full rights of sons.
- GALATIANS 4:4 – 5
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