The Gospel
In a nuttshell, Jesus died for guilty sinners who deserve the wrath of God. If we will repent (turn from sin) and turn to Jesus as our Lord and Savior He will forgive our sins and grant us eternal life. Please view the following videos.
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You msut listen to the message above from Paul Washer
What do you deserve from God? Your answer to this seemingly simple question will be very revealing about your relationship with God. When I ask this question I mainly want you to think of it in terms of what you deserve from God come judgment day. If you died right now and God opened up the book of your life and examined all of your works, good and bad, what should He do with you? Based on your works, do you deserve to enjoy the presence of God forever in Heaven or should you be sent to eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire (Hell)? These are the only two options God has put before humanity. Before you read on, decide if you deserve Heaven or Hell.
At this point most people I speak to tell me that they are not bad enough to deserve Hell and that they are really pretty upstanding human beings, so they probably deserve Heaven. I then proceed to ask, “If you deserve Heaven based on your works, then why did Jesus die on the Cross?” If the person had claimed to be a “Christian” they usually have a look of bewilderment on their face. The cold hard fact is that one of the primary reasons Jesus came to die on the cross was to rescue humans from the hell that we deserve. Jesus came to drink down the wrath that I deserve at the hand of His Father in Heaven. He said He had come to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10).
This is a hard pill to swallow. Most people think that they are good or righteous in the eyes of God, and if this were true it would make no sense that God would send “Good” people to Hell. A Good God would never send a good person to Hell. The problem is that according to the Bible, in the eyes of God there is not a good person on the face of the earth based on their own merit. Jesus told the rich young ruler in Luke 18:19 that there is no one that is good except God alone. This is a big problem for the billions of people that are banking on their goodness or self-righteousness as their ticket into eternal heavenly bliss. The Bible tells us elsewhere that, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one…there is no one who does good, not one” (Romans 3:10-12) . Ecclesiastes 7:20 tells us, “There is not a just man upon the earth, that does good, and does not sin”, and Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God”
Do you still think that you are good enough in the eyes of God? Please examine some common sins with me. How many times have you been prideful, selfish, or greedy? How many lies have you told in your life? Did you know that Revelation 21:8 says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire? How many times have you looked at someone with a lustful sexual thought? In Matthew 5 Jesus said that just looking with lust is considered adultery of the heart (guys, I suggest putting your porn away). The Bible even says that hatred is murder (1 Jn. 3:15). Look at what Galatians 5:19-21 says, “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (to look further into the sinfulness of humanity read the Ten Commandments (Deut. 5:1-21), Revelation 21:8, and Ephesians 5:3-7)
How many sins have you committed in your life? There is no way that you can count. I would say that most of the time when we sin we don’t even know we are sinning. Sin is so much more serious than any human fully realizes. Every time we sin we are committing a crime against the infinitely valuable King of the universe. One single crime against an infinitely holy, just and righteous God deserves and infinite/eternal punishment. As an illustration think for a moment if you punched a King in the nose and then punched a homeless man in the nose. For which crime do you think there would be a greater punishment? You would be in far greater trouble for punching the King because of his greater level of authority and dignity. God is the greatest authority in the universe and you have sinned against him thousands of times. You and I are not valuable enough to ever pay the debt we owe to God for one of our sins, much less all of them we have compiled over the years. This is why Hell is forever.
At this point many will object by saying, “God is a God of love and He will forgive if you just ask”. God can forgive every sin, but what about his Justice and Righteousness? In our earthly courts if a Judge let a guilty child molester go with no punishment we would call that judge corrupt! Is God less just than a good earthly judge? By no means! God must punish sin properly or else he is corrupt himself and he is a liar. God has said in his Word, “For the LORD is a God of justice.” (Isaiah 30:18) and “… the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.” (Nahum 1:3)
The only reason God can forgive our sins is because of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The infinitely valuable God-Man, Jesus Christ, took the punishment that guilty sinners deserve while on the cross. Jesus then died and rose triumphantly from the grave on the third day. To put it simply, I owed a debt that I could never pay but Jesus came and paid that debt with his blood.
In order for you to receive the forgiveness of sins you must turn from your sinful way of life and turn to Jesus as your King, Savior, and greatest treasure. I beg you to confess and forsake your sins today and to trust in the one and only Savior, the Lord Jesus. The penalty for your sins must be paid, the only question is will it be paid by you in Hell for eternity or by the magnificently loving Savior on the cross?
The following passages nicely sum up what I have been trying to say:
“But God showed his great LOVE for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s judgment. For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.”(Romans 5:8-10)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes (trusts into) in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” (John 3:16-21)
*All scriptures are from the New International Version (NIV)
