The Gospel of Jesus Christ

One thing the majority of people agree upon is that the world is not as it ought to be. The hymn Abide with Me puts it like this: "Death and decay in all around I see" The Bible tells us this "fallen state" the world finds itself in is a direct result of the decision of God's finest creation, mankind, to first reject God, then to become alienated from Him and finally to turn against Him.

Throughout the Old Testament people were told of a radical change that would come to the earth through one special person. The Gospel ( translated meaning: "good announcement" ) of Jesus Christ that has been proclaimed for over 2000 years is that this person has come. With Him is also the intervention and revelation of God's programme for restoring this dying, lost, and hoplessly rebellious creation. The intervention being that with repentance (deep sorrow over our former way of living accompanied by a change of action) and through faith (or trust) in the finished work of his only Son Jesus (namely: His perfect sinless life culminating in his willing self-sacrifice for the sins of the whole world) we can all recieve forgiveness, and obtain freedom from, sin; be transformed ("born-again") by grace (undeserved favour); know God personally; live as His sons and daughters; be filled with the Holy Sprit and ultimately share in His ressurection to live forever with Him.

Because the falleness of mankind and its rebellion to the will and purpose of God is, you could say, in our DNA, generations of Christians have suffered and are sufferring intense persecution for simply proclaiming the Gospel message. Jesus himself encourages us nevertheless with the following words: "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matt 10:28 KJV) The Gospel message then is not merely a message essential for the here and now but also for eternity. The book of Hebrews says "It is appointed once for man to die and then face the judgement" (Heb 9:27 KJV) but also Peter gives us the Fathers heart and His will for us in that He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9 KJV) Yet this same Peter is very clear when he tells the authorities of his time of how a cripled man was healed that: "there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12 KJV)

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