What is the Gospel and How Do We Share It?
It’s important to share the Gospel message, but it’s more important that we understand what the Gospel is first.
[0:00] Intro
[1:00] What is the Gospel?
[5:30] How to share the Gospel
[12:05] Summing it all up
[14:30] Final thoughts
Bible Verses:
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
John 3:16-19
John 3:36
Romans 1:18-23
Genesis 1:27
Colossians 1:16
1 John 3:4
Romans 3:23
Psalm 51:5
Romans 6:23
1 Peter 3:18
John 1:12
2 Corinthians 5:21
John 3:14
Numbers 21:4-9
The Gospel means good news. The good news can be summed up in 1 Corinthinas 15:3-4, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures...”
1 Corinthinas 15:3-4 Memory Verse
The reason for the Gospel, or the good news, is there is some bad news. It’s called sin. Sin is anything we think, say, or do that displeases God or breaks God’s law. We all sin.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. ” John 3:16-19
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” John 3:36
Salvation is understanding and trusting in what Jesus Christ has done for us. There are no magic words that make a person saved, so there are no magic words for sharing the Gospel. We do our best to share the Gospel with people, but God does the work of bringing them to faith.
When I share the Gospel, I like to start with God’s existence. If people don’t know there is a God or who He is, how can they realize they are sinners in need of a Savior?
All humans are created in God's image, so we all have dignity, value, and worth. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27
However, that image has been marred by sin. Sin brings death. Because we have sin, we need a Savior that saves us from death and makes us right with God. We cannot solve the problem of sin ourselves because we inherently have sin. It’s not about personal works or achievements, but rather placing our faith in what Christ has done.
Jesus Christ, who is sinless, took our sins on Himself. He died on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day to defeat sin and death. We must trust in the finished work Christ did for sinners in order to be saved and thus understand the Gospel or good news.
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit…”1 Peter 3:18
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…” John 1:12