The Gospel

Rebecca is inviting us to share posts related to The Gospel.

I’m just going to post a few verses of scripture and a  brief definition.

Gospel = good news/tidings/word.

Good news about a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus means Saviour, ……….you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

….the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2 10-11

Some verses from Ephesians 2 describe man without Christ and God’s work in us.

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest anyone should boast.
….  that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ……

Frances Ridley Havergal wrote this hymn,

Jesus, I will trust Thee, trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost, and helpless, Thou canst make me whole.
There is none in Heaven or on earth like Thee:
Thou hast died for sinners—therefore Lord for me.

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