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The fundamental doctrine of the gospel as presented by the Bible is that Jesus Christ is both Lord and Saviour. But for those who have not been touched by Christ’s Spirit and become converted, this is probably not all that helpful to say. Therefore, our presentation of the gospel is based on Christ’s words “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:13).

The apostle Paul outlined the gospel in it barest terms this way, "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures...."
(1 Corinthians 15:3-4, NASB)

The gospel can be more fully summed up in a just a few brief words:

As a result of their indwelling sin, all people are condemned to physical and spiritual death by a perfectly just and righteous God. Salvation cannot be won on the basis of human ability or merit (since we are dead in our sin); Christ is the only answer to this problem through His perfect life, His penal substitution for sinners (at the cross) and His guarantee of eternal life through His bodily resurrection. Sinners who surrender themselves, in faith, to Him, have their sin nature (as well as all particular sins) forgiven, are imputed with His righteousness, and are justified (that is, declared legally not guilty) in the eyes of God, who then only sees the perfect and completely sufficient payment by His son instead of the sin of His own people, the Church.

There are many different approaches to the gospel or “Good news” of Christ. We've tried to offer further opportunities to explore the gospel message by inluding a set of links in the sidebar. We hope you take the time to consider these and we encourage you to investigate further until you come to understand your own desperate predicament and its one and only solution.

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