WHY DID JESUS COME INTO THE WORLD?
Answer: “He was manifested to take away our sins” (Hebrews 9:26; 1 John 3:5)
FOR WHAT DID JESUS DIE?
Answer: “He died for our sins according to the scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3)
FOR WHOM DID JESUS DIE?
Answer: For “sinners,” “the ungodly,” (Romans 5:6-10)
DID GOD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS’ DEATH FOR SIN?
Answer: “He made him to be sin for us” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
DID JESUS DIE WILLINGLY?
Answer: “He gave himself for our sins” (Galatians 1:4)
WHAT DID JESUS DO WITH OUR SINS?
Answer: “Was offered to bear the sins of many” (Heb 9:28)
IS IT NECESSARY FOR JESUS TO REPEAT THE ACT?
Answer: “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins” (1 Peter 3:18)
“HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS” (GAL 1:4) – GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR SALVATION:
God THOUGHT it. (Titus 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:9; 1 Pet. 1:2; Rev. 13:8)
Christ BOUGHT it. (Heb. 8:6; Col. 2:14; I Pet. 1:18-19; 1 Cor. 6:20; Acts 20:28)
Satan FOUGHT it. (Gen. 3:5, Matt 4:1-11; 1 John 3:8, Heb. 2:14; Luke 22:31; 1 Pet. 5:8)
The Holy Spirit TAUGHT it. (1 Cor. 2:9-13; 1 Pet. 1:12; Eph. 3:5)
The Scriptures CAUGHT it. (2 Pet. 1:20-21; Rom. 16:26; 2 Pet. 3:15-16)
HOW DO WE “OBEY THE GOSPEL”?
HEAR THE GOSPEL – Romans 10:17; John 8:32
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL – Hebrews 11:6; Mark 16:16; Acts 8:37
REPENT OF YOUR SINS – Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 2:38; Acts 17:30-31; 2 Peter 3:9
CONFESS CHRIST – Matthew 10:32-33; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 8:37
BE BAPTIZED (immersed in water) FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS. Acts 2:38; 22:16; Mark 16:16; Galatians 3:27; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Peter 3:21
REMAIN FAITHFUL – Revelation 2:10, 14:13; Matt 10:22, 24:13; 1 Cor 4:2; James 1:12
“For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17)