GOSPEL MESSAGE 4: GOD'S PLAN OF REDEMPTION
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Gospel Message
a) The word “Gospel” means ‘good news’. According to Vine’s, “…it denotes the “good tidings” of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith, on the basis of His expiatory death, His burial, resurrection, and ascension…” When most of us think of ‘good news’ we do not think about death, or burials. Why are these things considered to be ‘good tidings’ according to the Bible?
2. God’s Plan Of Redemption
a) Back in Genesis, when man rebelled against God, God had promised that He would not leave mankind helpless. He promised that He would send someone to save His people. That Someone came in the person of Jesus Christ.
b) Humanity cannot pay for our own sins; we cannot do enough good to make us holy in God’s eyes. Jesus took all of our sin on Himself, died on the cross to pay for the judgment that we rightfully were due to suffer, and rose from the dead to prove His deity (Romans 1:4).
c) In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). Merriam-Webster defines ‘propitiate’ as, “to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease.” The same site defines ‘propitiation’ as, “something that propitiates; specifically : an atoning sacrifice”. This means that Jesus paid for the forgiveness of our sins by His life, death, and resurrection. He paid the price for our sins, in order that those who love Him would not have to.
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1. Gospel Message a) The word “Gospel” means ‘good news’. According to Vine’s, “…it denotes the “good tidings” of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith, on the basis of His expiatory death, His burial, resurrection, and ascension…” When most of us think of ‘good news’ we do not think about death, or burials. Why are these things considered to be ‘good tidings’ according to the Bible?
2. God’s Plan Of Redemption
a) Back in Genesis, when man rebelled against God, God had promised that He would not leave mankind helpless. He promised that He would send someone to save His people. That Someone came in the person of Jesus Christ.
b) Humanity cannot pay for our own sins; we cannot do enough good to make us holy in God’s eyes. Jesus took all of our sin on Himself, died on the cross to pay for the judgment that we rightfully were due to suffer, and rose from the dead to prove His deity (Romans 1:4).
c) In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). Merriam-Webster defines ‘propitiate’ as, “to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease.” The same site defines ‘propitiation’ as, “something that propitiates; specifically : an atoning sacrifice”. This means that Jesus paid for the forgiveness of our sins by His life, death, and resurrection. He paid the price for our sins, in order that those who love Him would not have to.
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