Can someone (or more than one person) please explain the gospel to me?
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Gospel means "good new" or "tood tidings." When reading the Word, if something sounds bad, you are not understanding it. Or, you are not understanding why it is being conveyed.
Yes our Maker is the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. They are One. God told Moses "I willo be what I will be." Faithe tells us to believe this, and we do. I do.
Yes our Maker is the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. They are One. God told Moses "I willo be what I will be." Faithe tells us to believe this, and we do. I do.
You might notice a lot of Bible talk and lingo that isn't used very frequently among non-Christians. So those are some good questions.
Well, let's start with the basics. The Bible is referred to as "God's Word" and what that really just means is it is God's lessons and intentions for humans to know about.
When you read the word "gospel" that is what some people call God's Word and, again, just God's intentions for humans. These intentions might be described with the word "covenant." What that means is God's has made a binding agreement with humanity based on a set of instructions and principals. The word gospel is defined as to mean, literally, "good news."
The Bible identifies God as three distinct persons manifesting as one individual. What the writer might be trying to say is God exists in numerous ways simaltaneously, but that's purely my own speculation. The concept of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is known as the Trinity. Try doing some research on the Trinity. There should be an exhaustive amount of material on the topic.
If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
Well, let's start with the basics. The Bible is referred to as "God's Word" and what that really just means is it is God's lessons and intentions for humans to know about.
When you read the word "gospel" that is what some people call God's Word and, again, just God's intentions for humans. These intentions might be described with the word "covenant." What that means is God's has made a binding agreement with humanity based on a set of instructions and principals. The word gospel is defined as to mean, literally, "good news."
The Bible identifies God as three distinct persons manifesting as one individual. What the writer might be trying to say is God exists in numerous ways simaltaneously, but that's purely my own speculation. The concept of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is known as the Trinity. Try doing some research on the Trinity. There should be an exhaustive amount of material on the topic.
If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
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Any good teacher knows if an explanation contains words not understood or erroneously defined by the one to whom a thing is being explained, that explanation is useless. So, please understand a few terms first:
God: Biblical Creator of the heavens and the Earth and the sea and every living thing - Satan, Allah, Krisha, Brahma, Buddha, Dali Lama, Baal, Molech, Baphumet, Fuxi and Nawu, etc., are not God.
God's Son: Jesus - self existent with the Father from the beginning and incarnated as a babe 2,000+ years ago.
Sin: "...transgression of the law..."
World: ALL the people of planet Earth, not just a select "chosen" few.
Perish: die, cease to exist, cessation of life, not continuation thereof.
That said, God is a God of love, but also JUSTICE. Sin is absolutely unacceptable in the sight of a holy God, and when mankind sinned, His divine justice demanded death to the sinner - BUT THIS TOO IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HIM, for it means that the death of the sinner leaves God deprived of those He loves so much. So, He came up with a solution that shocked the entire Universe:
God HIMSELF will pay the debt of sin by the sacrifice of His own beloved Son Jesus.
Jesus died the inexplicable, ignominious suffering and horror of the Second Death on the Cross, a death that no human has ever yet to suffer. Since He was blameless, God was able to raise Him up back to life evermore, and now has the keys of death and hell. This accomplished, God can now be BOTH a God of JUSTICE and also a God of Mercy, because of the Gospel expressed so wonderfully familiar to all of us:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16 KJV. That's the best news of all, amen?
God: Biblical Creator of the heavens and the Earth and the sea and every living thing - Satan, Allah, Krisha, Brahma, Buddha, Dali Lama, Baal, Molech, Baphumet, Fuxi and Nawu, etc., are not God.
God's Son: Jesus - self existent with the Father from the beginning and incarnated as a babe 2,000+ years ago.
Sin: "...transgression of the law..."
World: ALL the people of planet Earth, not just a select "chosen" few.
Perish: die, cease to exist, cessation of life, not continuation thereof.
That said, God is a God of love, but also JUSTICE. Sin is absolutely unacceptable in the sight of a holy God, and when mankind sinned, His divine justice demanded death to the sinner - BUT THIS TOO IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HIM, for it means that the death of the sinner leaves God deprived of those He loves so much. So, He came up with a solution that shocked the entire Universe:
God HIMSELF will pay the debt of sin by the sacrifice of His own beloved Son Jesus.
Jesus died the inexplicable, ignominious suffering and horror of the Second Death on the Cross, a death that no human has ever yet to suffer. Since He was blameless, God was able to raise Him up back to life evermore, and now has the keys of death and hell. This accomplished, God can now be BOTH a God of JUSTICE and also a God of Mercy, because of the Gospel expressed so wonderfully familiar to all of us:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16 KJV. That's the best news of all, amen?
The gospel in a nutshell is this, Jesus Christ died for your sins according to the scriptures. He was buried and rose again the third day. 1 Cor 15; 1-4. To believe the gospel you have to die to yourself completely, your desires, plans, ambitions, ideas ect. You need to be buried with him in baptism and rise again with him to live and walk in a new life. No part of who you were before the gospel should be seen again. After believing the gospel you need to walk as the man Christ Jesus walked, you cannot look at life the way the world looks, you cannot think about life and things the way the world thinks. Your only goal and desire in life should be to live for Him who died for you. Yes it is a process in which the Holy Spirit does his work in sanctifying us but you can understand how serious it is for us to say we believe. Romans 6 and Col 3; 1 - 10 are some scriptures you can study on this subject. I was very brief with my post. God bless you
Acts 13
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31 and he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31 and he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Gospel is the message of the cross, repentance and salvation.
God the Father was described in details in the Old Testament. God the son was/is Jesus Christ as a human representation of God in the New Testament. The holy spirit is the presence of God in us or in the believers in these times the Everyday Testament.
God the Father was described in details in the Old Testament. God the son was/is Jesus Christ as a human representation of God in the New Testament. The holy spirit is the presence of God in us or in the believers in these times the Everyday Testament.