The Church and The Kingdom
PART 12 - Evidence for the True Gospel
Dr. Frank Parrish/ www.world-map.com

1. THE GOSPEL WITNESS

A. The Gospel is

.

1) There are over 300 prophecies

in the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

GENESIS 3:15; DEUTERONOMY 18:15; ISAIAH 9:6-7, 7:14, 53:1-6; PSALM 22

2) As a prophetic foretype, God sheds the first blood to

mankind’s spiritual weakness.

B. The Gospel is

.

1) Scripture reveals the

for Christ’s;

• Virgin (divine) birth
• Sinless life
• Substitutionary death for our sins
• Ultimate resurrection

LEVITICUS 17:11; EZEKIEL 18:4&20; HEBREWS 9:22; ROMANS 3:9-31; 11:32; GALATIANS 3:1-47; PSALM 16:10; ACTS 2:27-36

C. The Gospel is

.

1) There are

archeological verified documents supporting the historical factualness of Christ’s life, death and resurrection and the events surrounding Him than there are for the lives of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle .

1 CORINTHIANS 15:5-8; ACTS 26:28-29

2) The Gospel is historical

.

D. The Gospel is

.

1) The Gospel came by

and .

MATTHEW 16:13-18; GALATIANS 1:12; EPHESIANS 3:3-5; 2:20;
JOHN 3:1-8; EPHESIANS 1:17

E. The Gospel is

.

1) The Gospel is effective for

.
ACTS 4:12

2) The Gospel is effective for

.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:18

3) The Gospel is effective for the

.
COLOSSIANS 1:27

2. OUR SALVATION THROUGH JESUS IS “FULL” (COMPLETE)

• We have been saved from the

of sin
• We are being saved from the of sin
• We shall be fully saved from the of sin

THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH IS THE GOSPEL

THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH IS THAT WE ARE A CHOSEN INSTRUMENT OF GOD

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS TO REVEAL GOD