What is the Gospel?

Romans 1:16-17 NLT – 16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.[a] 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”[b]

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In this text we learn three truths about the Gospel.

The Gospel is not just

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The Gospel is not just

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• V. 17…17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight.
• “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.” Eph. 2:4-5 NIV

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The Gospel is not just an

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• 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith.
• The most important daily task believers have is to preach the Gospel to themselves.
• Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. – Romans 5:1-2

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What is the Gospel

The Gospel is an

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• Paul describes the Gospel Transformation this way…
  2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV - 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,[e] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.[f] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Discipleship pathway

• Come and See Jesus
• Connect in Community
• Commit and Lead Others

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