GOD IS!

Good News For Our ProblemsSELF TEST1. ____ The Greek word that is translatedgospel means what? (A) Faith, (B) Goodnews, (C) Declare2. ____ Historically speaking, what is thegospel? (A) The Bible, (B) An event, (C)The teachings of Jesus3. ____ What is the good news in referenceto our sins? (A) Jesus died for our sins,(B) Jesus will judge us, (C) We are madeto sin no more4. ____ What is the good news in referenceto physical death? (A) We now have hopeof eternal life, (B) We have forgiveness,(C) There is no hell45YES - NO Since the gospel is the death,burial and resurrection of Jesus, must youobey this historical event in order to besaved?SCRIPTURE READING: Mt 27,28; Mk 15,16; Lk 23,24; Jn19,20SCRIPTURE RESEARCH: The gospel preached: At 2:29-38, Hear the gospel: Mk 1:14,15; 16:16; Mt 13:9-23; Jn3:16; 5:24,25; 6:45; 8:24; 20:30,31; At 10:43; 13:38,39; 15:7;Hb 11:6; Rv 3:20, Believe the gospel: Mt 7:21; Lk 6:46;Jn 6:29; 8:24; 12:42,43; 20:30,31; At 13:38,39; Rm 10:16,17;Hb 11:6,Respond to the gospel with repentence: Mk 1:14,15; 6:12;Lk 13:3; At 2:38,46,47; 3:19; 17:30; 26:20; 2 Pt 3:9,Respond to the gospel with confession: Mt 10:32,33;Lk 12:8; Jn 9:22; 12:42; At 19:17,18; Rm 10:9,10; 1 Tm6:12; 1 Jn 2:23; 4:2,3,15, Cases of response to thegospel: At 2:31-47; 8:5-13, 26-39; 9:10-19; 10:24-48;16:13-15, 25-34; 18:8; 19:1-5GOOD NEWS FOR OUR PROBLEMSRemember that the gospel is goodnews. It is God’s good news to allpeople concerning our basic problemswe have with God and eternity. But howis the death, burial and resurrection ofJesus good news for us today? Theanswer is simple. Remember, “... allhave sinned and fall short of theglory of God” (Rm 3:23). Alsoremember that the result of sin isseparation from God. The Bible says,“But your iniquities have separated youfrom your God” (Is 59:2). Therefore,when you think about sin, you mustthink about separation from God.And what must one think about whenhe is separated from God? The Biblesays, “For the wages of sin is death”(Rm 6:23). When we think aboutseparation from God we must thinkabout death and eternal destruction.When we think about death, wemust recognize our two greatestStudy 20problems. Both involve death. Thefollowing are two problems for whichevery man needs good news:SPIRITUAL DEATH is the resultof being separated from God becauseof our personal sins against God. Thisis what the Bible means in Romans5:12, “... death spread to all menbecause all sinned ....” God says thatevery man has sinned. Without thegospel one is “dead in trespasses andsins” (Ep 2:1). Remember that this isman’s first and greatest problem! Wemust be reconciled (brought back) toGod. The gospel event, therefore,answers this problem, for Jesus diedfor our sins on the cross (1 Co 15:3).He died in order to bring us back toGod. This is good news!PHYSICAL DEATH also resultedfrom sin, the sin of Adam. Remember