The Gospel pt 2: Our Hero

"I'm a nobody, here to tell everybody, about somebody who can save anybody"

If you haven't read Pt 1 of my series on the Gospel click here.

Lesson 2 What Jesus saved us from.

How can a carpenter who lived over 2000 years ago save me or you from anything? I would be more than happy to tell you. Jesus saved us from eternal separation from God. Romans 6:23 says "for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" earlier in the book of Romans Paul said "For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God" (Romans 3:23). What can we take from these two verses? In Romans 6:23 we can see that consequence of sinning is death. Paul was not talking about a natural death, after all God can killed the body and the soul.(Matthew 10:28) The death Paul was talking about was Separation from God, in other words damnation to hell. Going to hell is the consequence of sin. In Romans 3:23 we see that EVERYBODY HAS SINNED, You, Me, your Mother, even your pastor. Since we all have sinned we all deserve to go to hell. God is prefect, and he demands perfection in return. I'm sure we can all admit that we are not prefect, well at least I can. Even if your good deeds out weigh the bad, that still is not enough. All of your good deeds still cannot atone for what you would consider you smallest sin. Simply put we are in a bad spot in a worst way. We need a hero to swoop in to save the day. I'm here to tell you that Jesus is that hero. Jesus descended down from Heaven, to live the sinless life we could not, and to die the death we should have so we would not have to. Those nails in his hands and feet were for you. That cross he carried to Golgotha was for you. The unbearable beaten he took, He did it for you. Jesus' death on the cross serves as payment for my sins and yours. His blood wipes away all the sins we have committed, So we can have that prefect record in the eyes of God. The next logical question should be what to do with this salvation that Jesus has provided for us. We will tackle that in Lesson 3.

THE GOSPEL pt 1:Who is Jesus of Nazareth

The Gospel, the greatest story ever told, that is hardly ever told. My question is why? The Gospel has become assumed knowledge. Rarely do you see ministers or other believers just sharing the story of Jesus. After all the Gospel has the power to save us all. I don't like to give problems without giving solutions, so here is my attempt to explain the Gospel. To give an accurate account of the Gospel I decided to break it down into a series of post.

Lesson 1 Who is Jesus?
The Old Testament foretold of the coming of the Messiah countless times, Genesis 3:15, Deuteronomy 18:5 just to name a couple. Jesus is the Messiah that the prophets of the Old Testament talked about. Jesus undeniably fits the mold that the Old Testament created. I mean just look at this video click. It is clear through scripture that Jesus is the Messiah, but who was Jesus socially? It was Jewish custom for a man to take on the profession of their fathers. So it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Jesus was a carpenter for most of his life.(Mark 6:3) At the age of 30 Jesus started his ministry proclaiming that the kingdom of God is at hand, and that he in fact was the long waited for Messiah. According to Philippians 2:6-7 Jesus was God himself. Jesus gave up his position as God Just to save you and me. What did Jesus save us from? I will address that in lesson 2