The Gospel on One Page
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ 1. Man’s rebellion against his Creator has produced barriers between God and man: “ But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, … Isaiah 59:2a Sin Unrighteousness Alienation from God God’s Just Anger Spiritual Death Man God Redemption 1 Justification 2 Reconciliation 3 Propitiation 4 Regeneration 5 Man God 2. God the Father removed each barrier through the cross of Christ: “ … Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,: 1 Corinthians 15: 3a – Substitution: In our place 3. We now have, and for eternity will have, unbroken fellowship with God: ”… indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 1 Redemption: To purchase us out of the slave market with the price of His blood, never to be sold again. ”In Him we have redemption through His blood , the forgiveness of our trespasses…” Ephesians 1:7a 2 Justification: To declare or show to be righteous. God first made us righteous then legally declared us to be righteous. ”He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” 2 Corinthians 5:21 3 Reconcilation: To restore the relationship. ”And although you were formerly alienated, and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy, blameless and beyond reproach” Colossians 1:21-22 4 Propitiation: God’s just anger was satisfied by Christ’s sacrifice. ”being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith” Romans 3:24-25 5 Regeneration: God made us spiritually alive with Christ. ”When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him , having forgiven us all our transgressions, having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us, and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” Colossians 2:13-14 Man God 4. Man’s Response: “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent 6 , Acts 17:30, “Be reconciled 3 to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 6 Repentance: To change you mind about God—who He is and what He has done for us in Christ, to change your mind about yourself—an undeserving and wretched sinner, and to change your mind about your relationship with God—I had turned away but God has now restored our All powerful All knowing Ever present Unchanging Holy Faithful Good Gracious Merciful Wrathful Loving Patient Sovereign Just Righteous Glorious
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ1. Man’s rebellion against his Creator has produced barriers between God and man: “But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, … Isaiah 59:2a
SinUnrighteousness
Alienation from GodGod’s Just AngerSpiritual DeathMan
God
Redemption1
Justification2
Reconciliation3
Propitiation4
Regeneration5Man
God
2. God the Father removed each barrier through the cross of Christ: “… Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,: 1 Corinthians 15: 3a – Substitution: In our place
3. We now have, and for eternity will have, unbroken fellowship with God: ”… indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3
1Redemption: To purchase us out of the slave market with the price of His blood, never to be sold again. ”In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses…” Ephesians 1:7a2Justification: To declare or show to be righteous. God first made us righteous then legally declared us to be righteous. ”He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” 2 Corinthians 5:213Reconcilation: To restore the relationship. ”And although you were formerly alienated, and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy, blameless and beyond reproach” Colossians 1:21-224Propitiation: God’s just anger was satisfied by Christ’s sacrifice. ”being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith” Romans 3:24-255Regeneration: God made us spiritually alive with Christ. ”When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us, and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” Colossians 2:13-14
Man
God
4. Man’s Response: “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent6, Acts 17:30, “Be reconciled3 to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20
6Repentance: To change you mind about God—who He is and what He has done for us in Christ, to change your mind about yourself—an undeserving and wretched sinner, and to change your mind about your relationship with God—I had turned away but God has now restored our fellowship with Him
All powerful
All knowingEver present Unchanging
Holy
Faithful
GoodGracious
Merciful
Wrathful
Loving
Patient
Sovereign
Just
Righteous
Glorious
