The Good News of Jesus Christ
- The Good News Foretold -
Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
- Mankind's Predicament -
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:10 - 12
As it is written, "There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does Good, there is not even one";
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Revelation 20:15
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Solution Offered -
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.
Romans 10:9-10
That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
- The Gift -
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
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