• God has created all things from nothing and knows everything (Ps 90.2; Isa 45.18; Heb 11.3). He is three persons in one nature, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternally existing and living in perfect unity (Ps 110.1; Mt 22.41-45). He is powerful, sovereign, holy, just, loving, and merciful (Ps 62.10-11, 147.4-5; Jr 10.12; Dt 32.4; Rv 18.4; Ex 34.6).

 

• God created Adam and Eve in His image and for His glory (Gn 1.26-28; Isa 43.7), but they sinned after being tempted by Satan (Gn 3.1-5). As a result of Adam’s sin, every human sins by both nature and choice (Gn 3.6-24; Rm 3.23,5.12-14; Isa 59.2). This led humanity to lose the perfect relationship with God, and His wrath came to us (Col 1.21; Eph 2.13; Jn 3.36; Rm 1.18, 5.9).

 

• God, the Father, freely chose to send His only Son, Jesus Christ (Jn 1.18, 3.16), who willingly incarnated as a man to fulfill God's mission by restoring the perfect relationship between God and humanity (Jn 1.14, 14.6). During Jesus' life on earth, He served God’s mission by serving(Mt 20.28; Jn 6.38; 1 Jn 2.2); the relationships, healings, and miracles were a way to lead the people to understand that He is God (Jn 4.48, 14.9-11, 21.25). Jesus’ sinless life of obedience, death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven were all needed to pay for our sins and restore our relationship with God (Heb 4.15; Phil 2.6-8; 1 Pe 3.18). 

 

• The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin (Zec 12.10; Jn 16.7-11). He is the one that regenerates sinners, baptizing them in union with Jesus Christ and leading them to desire a relationship with God (Tit 3.5; 1 Co 2.10, 12.13). He is the one who introduces us to the family of God. He illuminates, guides, equips, empowers, and confronts the hearts of the believers to be Christ-Centered in everything they do (Eze 36.25-27; Isa 11.2-3; 1 Co 12.8-11; Gal 5.22-23). 

 

• God's desire and command are to love Him with all our hearts through the power of the Holy Spirit and be conformed to the image of the Son (Jn 14.21; Mt 22.37-40; Jn 17.22-23,26). We are living out our salvation by obedience to Jesus' commission, making disciples, caring for one another, showing compassion and justice for the oppressed, and living out our faith in every environment (Mt 28.19-20; Heb 3.13-14; Ps 10.18, 82.3, 146.7; Gal 6.10; Eph 2.10).

 

• God, the Father, spoke to us by inspiring men to faithfully register God’s desired message. The spoken message today is divided into the new and Old Testament (2 Pe 1.20-21; Act 1.16; Hb 3.7). In this message, there is no error (Ps 18.30; 2Sm 22.31; Pro 30.5; Mt 5.18). The Bible is the final authority for who God is and what He has done in the story of salvation. Therefore, it is to be taught, trusted, and obeyed (Isa 40.8; Ps 119.7-11; Lk 16.17; Jo 5.24; 1 Th 21.13; 2 Tim 3.16-17). 

 

• Jesus Christ advocates for us today (1 Jn 2.1; Rm 8.33-34). One day He will return for those who trusted and believed in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. “Jesus will return in a personal, bodily, and glorious way to judge the world. Those who put their faith in Him will enjoy an eternal and perfect relationship with God in the new heavens and new earth. Those who rejected God will be condemned (Rm 9.23; 2 Th 1.7-8; Mt 25.31-34, 41,46; Jn 12.48). 

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Defining the Gospel...

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Jesus is the Christ, God incarnate, Savior, Lord, and King. He came into the world to fulfill God’s redemptive plan, emptying Himself of His glory and becoming one of us, as stated in Philippians 2:6-8: “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!”

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By becoming one of us, Jesus Christ lived as an obedient servant and never sinned. His obedience culminated in His sacrificial death, an act of indescribable love. On the cross, He bore the divine wrath against sin, as described in Isaiah 53:5-6: “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” On the cross, Jesus Christ was pierced for our transgressions, offering redemption through His blood, as stated in Romans 3:25: “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—"

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However, the message of the Gospel does not end at the cross. Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day, as recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures”. By His resurrection, He sealed the victory over sin and death. Through His resurrection, He provided the opportunity for us to receive forgiveness and reconciliation with God, a grace accessible only by faith and not by works, as emphasized in Ephesians 2:8-9: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

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Salvation in Jesus Christ brings eternal benefits, including eternal life, as John 3:16 declares: " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." This free gift is the remedy for the wages of sin, which is death, as Romans 6:23 explains: " For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” And as Acts 4:12 proclaims: "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

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God’s call to humanity is clear: repent and turn to Him. Acts 3:19 exhorts us: Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord” This repentance, accompanied by faith in Jesus Christ, results in salvation, as Romans 10:9 affirms: “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Thus, we are invited to believe, trust, and follow Jesus Christ, the only way to God the Father, as emphasized in John 14:6: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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Following Jesus Christ involves denying oneself and taking up the cross daily, as taught in Matthew 16:24: "Then Jesus said to his disciples, whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."This path of faith is the only way to please God, as described in Hebrews 11:6: "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

The Gospel is more than a message; it is an invitation to a transformed life and hope. Recognizing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord means living in obedience to His Word, cultivating a life of continual dependence on Him, and following His steps daily.