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"Guarding the good deposit"

Four things God wants us to know

The Christian message of Good News is a message about:

  • God
  • Sin
  • Jesus Christ
  • Repenting & believing

1. News about God...

  • that He’s our creator (Acts 17:24) - and so we owe our very existence to him
  • that He’s all-knowing; all-powerful
  • and, of course, we find ourselves totally in his hands
  • a gracious & loving being who will by no means leave the guilty unpunished (Exodus 34:6,7)
  • having famously revealed His perfect standards for us in the 10 commandments (Exodus 20)

2. News about sin...

  • that it’s more than mere shortcomings as judged by our own, or society’s, best standards
  • and more than merely something we have a conscience about
  • rather, true conviction of sin is an awareness:
    • of our specific sins (Ps.51:1-4)
    • of our inherent sinfulness (Ps.51:5,6)
    • of our wrong relationship with God (Ps.51:7-10)
  • in short, it is seeing ourselves as God sees us; totally corrupted; exposed to his wrath; and needing to be created anew

3. News about Jesus Christ...

  • as one now living
  • having once come from God into humanity to die for us
  • his crucifixion actually being his work of salvation as predicted in the Bible
  • that we are to 'believe in the Lord Jesus' (Acts 16:31 - to receive the blessings his death has secured)

4. News about repenting & believing...

  • Repenting - more than regret about our past
  • Believing - more than optimism for our future
  • Repenting - a far-reaching change of heart & mind leading to a true disciple spirit (Luke 9:23)
  • Believing - entrusting ourselves to, and resting fully on, the promises of God’s grace (John 3:16)

Have you responded?

  • By acknowledging:
    • You have sinned (Rom.3:23)
    • You can do nothing to make yourself acceptable to God (Eph.2:8,9)
    • Jesus Christ, God’s Son, did what you couldn’t do - He paid the price of your forgiveness before a holy God by His death on the cross (1 Cor.15:3)
    • Your readiness to repent & receive by faith Jesus Christ as your personal saviour (Acts 20:21)
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. (The Gospel by John 3:16 NIV)

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Young Disciples Rally, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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