The Big Picture of Christianity (5 P's that explain the Gospel)What is the Gospel?
The word Gospel literally means "good news" and can explained through 5 P's.
1. God's Plan: Relationship
- We were created to love God supremely by knowing, serving, pleasing,
and worshiping Him forever (John 17:3, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Revelation
21:1-22:9)
2. Man's Problem: Sin -
All of us are sinners that have rebelled against God by ignoring God’s
sovereignty and ownership over our life, rejecting God’s plan for our
life, and breaking God’s laws that provide blessing and protection for
our life (Romans 3:9-10, 3:23, 6:23)
3. God's Provision: Jesus Christ
- His perfect blood provides the only way for sinners to be forgiven
all their sin and His perfect life/righteousness provides the only means
for sinners to be reconciled/restored to the personal relationship with
God they were created for – John 3:16, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 1 Peter
2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, Ephesians 1:7-12)
4. Man's Participation: Believe (Repentance and Faith)
Every sinner must repent and by faith enter into a covenant (agreement)
with God that commits full control of one's life to follow Jesus as
LORD (master, owner, boss). True belief involves real repentance that
is sorrowful/broken over sin and is willing by the power of the Holy
Spirit to turn from sin (stops living for SELF). True belief also has
full faith/commitment that covenants to become a slave of Jesus Christ
by following and obeying Him as Lord (starts living for the SAVIOR)
-Mark 1:14-17, Acts 17:30, 20:21, Romans 10:9, Ephesians 2:8-9)
5. God's Promise: Life
- A real Christian is born again by God's grace to live a new life now
(in the present life) and eternal life later in the coming
Kingdom/heaven (2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:36, Luke 18:29-30)
(For further explanation of each of these points, click on the other tabs)
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