What is The Gospel | Epis. 001
What is The Gospel? This episode will give a thorough explanation of the Good News and why it's worth receiving today.
In this episode, you'll learn:
* the gospel story
* why Jesus needed to come as a sacrifice
* why we all need Jesus
* how to receive Jesus
I break down the gospel in a way that goes deeper than a casual 10-minute conversation. Whether you're not a Christian curious about what the gospel is, a new Christian, or a Christian that wants a fresh understanding of the gospel, this episode should help you receive just that.
If you received Jesus today by listening to this podcast or have any questions that this podcast brought up, please send an email to how2startbeingachristianpod@gmail.com! I'll do my best to get back to you and answer your questions in the next episodes.
Here is the Scripture that I referenced throughout this podcast, on top of others that I didn't mention that were in my notes:
God created humanity:
* Genesis 1 & 2
* Revelation 4:11 (KJV): 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
* Colossians 1:15–17 (NKJV): 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist
* Genesis 3:8 - God walked in the garden among Adam and Eve on earth
* 1 John 1:3 (NKJV): 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.
* John 14:6 (NKJV): 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Humanity rebelled against God:
* Genesis 3
* Psalm 5:4 (NKJV): 4For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.
God sent His only Son Jesus to restore His connection with humanity:
* John 3:16–17 (NKJV): 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
* Romans 8:3–4 (NKJV): 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
* Romans 5:19 (NIV): 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man [Adam] the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man [Jesus] the many will be made righteous.
* Hebrews 9:26 (NLT): 26 …But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.
* Romans 5:10 (NKJV): 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
* Ephesians 2:8–9 (NKJV): 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
* Luke 24:44 (NKJV): 44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
How to receive salvation:
* Romans 10:9–10 (NKJV): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
