What is the gospel?
1 Corinthians 15:1-5
Romans 1:14-17
1) God loves you and wants to have a close relationship with you
Ephesians 2:1-5
2) We all sin against God
Romans 3:23
3) The sin in us causes a couple of major problems
Separation (Isaiah 59:2)
Death (Romans 6:23)
4) Good works are never enough to pay the penalty for our sin
Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5
5) The solution is that God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross and pay the death penalty for us so we don't have to pay it ourselves
Romans 5:8
6) We respond to Jesus by making up our minds to turn from sin and believe in Jesus for salvation and eternal life
Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:14-15; Acts 3:17-20; Matthew 7:21-23
7) When we turn from our sins and believe in God's son, Jesus Christ, three thing happen
a. Our sins are forgiven
b. We begin a close personal relationship with God
c. His Holy Spirit comes to live in us (2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 1:13)