Updated Gospel Page!
It had occurred to me that the page on this site that I had devoted to what the Gospel is was really inadequate and so I have decided to change it. What I now have is, in as few words as possible, what I believe life is all about, namely Jesus Christ. Here is what is on the page (do check it out!)
So whats is all about? Life, I mean. Whats life all about? I believe the answer lies below…
Christians believe that God created the world, and everything was perfect. There was no crying, no pain, no death, it was amazing, a faultless world. Something went badly wrong though. I’m sure you know the story – Adam and Eve ate from the tree that God told them not to eat from. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and so He was rightly angry and kicked them out of the Garden of Eden. Since that time every one of us has been guilty of rejecting God, each one of us continues in our lives to disobey God and live life our own way.
What this means is that God is very angry with the human race for rejecting Him, and rightly so. If I had created a people that then spat in my face and took everything good I gave them but hated me I would be pretty angry as well! This means that when we die and meet God face to face we are going to have to explain why we did this, and none of us stand a chance. We have rejected God and so He will reject us when we meet Him.
This is what would have happened to everyone in human history but for one Man – Jesus Christ. Jesus was born into the world as a baby, fully God and fully man. He remains the only person to have ever lived a sinless life; His being was never opposed to God. When Jesus was crucified it wasn’t His defeat, it was His plan. On the cross Jesus substituted Himself for us; He took the punishment of God that we deserve so that if we put our faith in Him, we will be saved from God’s anger. Jesus, in His death, saves us from Hell and offers us Heaven.
Three days after His death, Jesus rose again. The only person in history to ever have done so and He now reigns with God in Heaven, and has given His Holy Spirit to live within all people who trust in Him. Jesus is going to come back to judge every single person to ever have lived. There will then be separation. Those who have trusted Jesus will be welcomed into Heaven to enjoy a perfect life with God forever. But those who reject Jesus will be separated from Him and sent to Hell forever, where nothing good dwells, only bad.
This presents everyone to ever live with a choice, what will yours be?
Please let me know if there are any ways I can better condense this or major things that I have missed out that badly need entering!
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I really liked what you wrote there. Very moving for me
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Let that beautiful verse sink in and surf on over to http://www.hybridhondas.com. Please click on a link or two when you’re there. It costs nothing and by doing so you’ll be helping a fellow brother out so he can continue helping others.
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