“What
is the gospel?”
WHY DON’T YOU TICK
THE ONES
THAT APPEAL TO YOU?
“Let Jesus
come into your heart”
“Come to
Jesus. Things go better with him.”
“You won’t
find true happiness except through Jesus.
Why not give him a go?”
“Jesus
wouldn’t die for rubbish. He died to save
someone special like you!”
“If you’ve
been doing it hard and you need a break.
Why don’t you let God love you tonight. Let him
put his
arms about you and swamp you with his love.”
“You’ve a
God shaped vacuum in your heart that only
He can fill. Let him fill that tonight.”
“Jesus is
knocking on the door of your heart, won’t
you let Him in”
“Let Jesus
take over your life and see the difference”
“Just
confess your sins to God tonight and he’ll forgive
you.
“God is
love and he loves you right there where you
are. Just come to him tonight and let him in
and love you.”
“Slip up
your hand if you want Jesus to be real in your
life tonight and just come out the front and
he’ll meet you
halfway.”
“Aren’t you
tired of just getting through life? You need
Jesus!”
“Stop
trying to run your own life, let Jesus take control!”
“Maybe
you’ve tried everything else, and can’t get your
life together. Well there’s a reason for that.
You’re doing
God. Why not give him a go?””
“Are you
depressed? Anxious? Worried about the
future? Stressed? You need God.”
“God has a
plan for your life and you’ll never know what
it is until you give your heart to Jesus.
What do you have
to lose?”
“We are all
God’s children and he loves everybody, so
why don’t you just come home to him.”
“Jesus opened the door to heaven, so if you repent
and
turn from your sins, he can save you.”
“Why not
hand over to God tonight all the hurt and pain
and let him take care of it.”
“Are you
depressed, rundown, lost the will to live,
worried about the future, just getting by
everyday?
Try Jesus and you’ll be amazed what will happen
in
your life!”
“Your
transformed life is right here at the altar.
Get out of your seat and claim a victorious life
in God.”
WELL, HOW DID YOU GO?
You have to admit that some of them are pretty convincing
right?
Unfortunately, if you ticked any of the above, you do not know
what the gospel is either. In fact, dear reader, you may
not be saved. You may be just a heart beat away from hell.
SO WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
The gospel is God’s action in sending Jesus Christ to a cross
2000 years ago. Although you weren’t born then, God made
the full and final payment for the future sins that you
would commit.
God sent himself to a cross as Jesus and the blood that was
shed made payment for your sins. The Bible says “…for it
is the blood that maketh an atonement for the
soul.”
paid for in full. Are you ever so grateful or what?
Wow!
Who are you going to thank for that?”
THE GOSPEL IS NOT…
It has nothing to do with whether you feel happy, sad,
remorseful, depressed, fulfilled or whether you are a
millionaire. It had nothing to do with whether you feel
peaceful, spiritual or live a good moral life; whether you
go to church or got baptised.
1. THE PROBLEM:
My friend, you are a sinner, you were born a sinner, you will
die a sinner, you will be judged as a sinner, and you
will be condemned a sinner. Furthermore, God is holy and
without sin and won’t let sin or sinners into heaven. In fact,
God has prepared a place for you already. You are hell bound
and will spend eternity in flames which will torment you
forever. This is God’s just punishment for your sin and sins.
2. YOU WILL DIE A SINNER
When Adam sinned, he set the scene for all future men in that
they would die as a result of his sin “Wherefore, as by one
man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and
so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned:”
(Romans 5:12).
3. YOU WILL BE JUDGED A SINNER
When you die you will stand before God to be judged. “…it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the
judgment:”
4. YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED A SINNER
Your good works won’t be able to save you “But we are
all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses
are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our
iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
(Isaiah 64:6)
5. THE PROBLEM YOU NOW FACE
Unless your sins are removed from you, God will not accept
you into heaven and will cast you into everlasting flames
forever.
6. YOUR
ONLY HOPE IS JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ took on himself your sins and paid for them
because you can’t. “Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12).
JESUS CHRIST PAID IN FULL
Jesus Christ paid your way to heaven for you! By
believing
that he has done this for you, you will be
receiving God’s
ONLY means of salvation for you! By believing that
Jesus
Christ died for your sins you can be washed from
all your
sins in his blood “But God commendeth his love
toward
us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for
us. Much more then, being now
justified by his blood,
we shall be saved from wrath
through him.”
(Romans 5:8-9)
YOUR DECISION
Will you have God’s wrath of everlasting hell fire OR
Will you have Gods’ love by believing that the shed
blood of
Jesus Christ paid for your sins?
“He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life: and
he that believeth not the Son
shall not see life; but
the wrath of God abideth on
him.” (John 3:36)
WHAT YOU MUST DO
You must renounce all faith and trust in your
love,
your goodness, yourself, your good works, your
baptism, your
self righteousness, your church tradition and its
sacraments,
your religion. There’s not a single thing you can
add for your
sin payment. Your ‘sin-bill’ has been paid for and
cancelled.
Will you believe it?
WILL YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AS FOLLOWS?
“DEAR GOD, I’m a lost sinner. Please
save me because
I can’t save myself. I believe
that the shed blood alone
of Jesus Christ at the cross paid you for all my
sins forever.
Thank you that I now have everlasting life in
heaven.”
Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
Is
repentance turning
