The Gospel Story

How did it all begin?



The Gospel Story

Creation – In the beginning God created everything to be perfect.

The story began with God. God spoke and by His command all things exist. By God's design all of creation was in harmony and was exactly the way it was supposed to be. There was no pain, sickness, suffering, or death.

Genesis 1&2

What went wrong?

The Fall – man rebelled against a loving God and believed Satan’s lie. Sin entered the world and into every human heart. Everything is now distorted and broken. Everyone is guilty before God.

Genesis 3

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. – Romans 3:19

Is there any Hope?

Redemption – Jesus, who is God, came to rescue people by His death and resurrection. By faith alone in Him, all who are separated from God can have their sins forgiven and enjoy eternal life with him.

The whole Bible ultimately points to this one person, Jesus, as the focal point of all human history. Jesus defeated sin by dying on the cross, and He defeated death by rising from the dead.

Truth: Jesus loves us in spite of ourselves, but he does not leave us to fix ourselves, nor does he mislead us into believing we have our own answers. He is the answer.

Luke 19:10

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

Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. - Galatians 1:4

Restoration- God will restore everything to the way that it was supposed to be, and those who trust in Jesus will get to enjoy eternity with God in the new heaven and new earth.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelations 21:1-4

For all of those that trust in Jesus alone, God has promised that He will make all things new. No more earthquakes, mudslides, tornadoes or tsunamis. No more pain, broken hearts, sickness or death. A new heaven and a new earth - friendship with God, others, and all creation.

C.S. Lewis compared the first step into this new world as,

"Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."

The Gospel Story is God's good news.