THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS REALLY GOOD NEWS!

ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SEE GOD

"Blessed are the pure in heart (righteous): for they shall see God" (Mt. 5:8).



NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS EXCEPT GOD

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:  there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:10-12, 23).

 

CHRIST DIED SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly....God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:6-8).
"For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Cor. 5:21).

WE MUST BELIEVE THE GOSPEL TO BECOME RIGHTEOUS

"And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" (Phil. 3:9).
"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith" (Heb. 11:7).

HERE IS THE GOSPEL

"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand....For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:1-4).

 

WHEN YOU BELIEVE, GOD BEGINS HIS WORK OF TRANSFORMATION

"Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6).

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is" (1 Jn. 3:2).

 

IF YOU WILL CONFESS FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST,

AND TRULY BELIEVE GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,

YOU WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS IN THE EYES OF GOD!

(Rom. 10:9 paraphrased; also see Jam. 2:23)!