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T H E G O S P E L
KNOW IT ~ LOVE IT ~ SHARE IT
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
“Now after John was arrested, Jesus
came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel
of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand;
repent and believe in the gospel.”
-Mark 1:14-15
THE GOSPEL
Evangelion- “Good News”
SO what happens when I believe?
So what’s the “Good News”?
AGENDA
“I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.” –Revelation 22:13
AGENDA
PURPOSE:
God created you for His glory. –Isaiah 43:7
To worship Him in Spirit and Truth. –John 4:23-
24
To be Holy as He is Holy. -Leviticus 11:44
To be stewards of His creation. –Genesis 2:28
AGENDA
God always has a plan A
You are not here by mistake. God has a plan for
you.
Our plans change and fall apart. His plan remains
the same because He never changes. –Hebrews 13:8
God has always had a plan to love you!-1 John 4:19
ACT
“But the angel said to the women, “Do
not be afraid, for I know that you seek
Jesus who was crucified. He is not
here, for he has risen, as he said.
Come, see the place where he lay.” -Matthew 28:5-6
ACT
We Messed Up!
He Cleaned Up!
Genesis 3:15; Rev. 13:8
ACT
Jesus really died!
Jesus really rose!
Jesus is always working! And He is
ready to act in your life this week and the
rest of your life. –John 5:17; Romans 8:28
ACHEIVEMENT
“And you were dead in the
trespasses and sins in which you
once walked, following the course of
this world, following the prince of
the power of the air, the spirit that is
now at work in the sons of
disobedience—
ACHEIVEMENT
among whom we all once lived in
the passions of our flesh, carrying
out the desires of the body and the
mind, and were by nature children of
wrath, like the rest of mankind.
ACHEIVEMENT
But God, being rich in mercy,
because of the great love with which
he loved us, even when we were
dead in our trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ—by grace
you have been saved—
ACHEIVEMENT
and raised us up with him and
seated us with him in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus, so that in the
coming ages he might show the
immeasurable riches of his grace in
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
ACHEIVEMENT
For by grace you have been saved
through faith. And this is not your own
doing. It is the gift of God, not as a
result of works, so that no one may
boast
ACHEIVEMENT
For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand, that we should walk
in them.” –Ephesians 2:1-10
ACHEIVEMENT
Jesus made things right between you
and the Father!
Jesus is your reward!
ACCEPTANCE
“For I am not ashamed of the
gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes,
to the Jew first and also to the
Greek. -Romans 1:16
ACCEPTANCE
The Gospel will never be the Good News to you until
you believe it is Good News done for you, not by you.
Good works will never be good enough to earn you
good graces into the throne of God.
You gotta believe to be set free!
It is the goodness of God that wakes our dead hearts
APPLICATION
“Finally, then, brothers, we ask and
urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you
received from us how you ought to
walk and to please God, just as you
are doing, that you do so more and
more
APPLICATION
For you know what instructions we
gave you through the Lord Jesus. For
this is the will of God, your
sanctification: that you abstain from
sexual immorality;
APPLICATION
that each one of you know how to
control his own body in holiness and
honor, not in the passion of lust like
the Gentiles who do not know God;
APPLICATION
that no one transgress and wrong
his brother in this matter, because
the Lord is an avenger in all these
things, as we told you beforehand
and solemnly warned you.
APPLICATION
For God has not called us for
impurity, but in holiness. Therefore
whoever disregards this,
disregards not man but God, who
gives his Holy Spirit to you.”-1
Thessalonians 4:1-8
APPLICATION
If you truly are born-again we will have no
problem following His commands, because
they are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3
Knowledge is useless if you don’t put it into
practice!
He always finishes what He starts. Rom. 8:28
APPEARING
“And I heard a loud voice from the
throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling
place of 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.
APPEARING
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.”-Revelation 21:3-4
APPEARING
What’s worth while is worth waiting for.
Seeing our Savior is our hearts greatest
use our faith in this fallen world. We
must cling to the fact that the One who
bent over to raise us will surely be there
in the end to hold us.
WHY THE GOSPEL?
I am astonished that you are so
quickly deserting him who called
you in the grace of Christ and are
turning to a different gospel
WHY THE GOSPEL?
-not that there is another one,
but there are some who trouble you
and want to distort the gospel of
Christ.
WHY THE GOSPEL?
But even if we or an angel from
heaven should preach to you a
gospel contrary to the one we
preached to you, let him be
accursed.” –Galatians 1:6-8
WHY THE GOSPEL?
“Why”-for what reason or purpose.
What is the reason and purpose of the
Gospel?
THE GOSPEL REASON
The gospel is meant to expose the
kingdom of darkness and it’s lies with
the marvelous light of the Kingdom of
God through the glorious truth of the
finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE GOSPEL REASON
So that mankind may experience the
goodness of His grace through His salvation
and have their souls forever preserved in
the pleasure of His presence by fulfilling
the chief end of their design, to glorify God.
CAUTION
If you do not know the Gospel, growing in
the Gospel, or showing the fruit of the
Gospel in your life and in the lives of others
you will be easily deceived by something
other that isn’t the Gospel.
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Spirituality- We are all spiritual beings. God is
spirit and we were created from Him, but yet he is
distinct. - John 4:23-24
There is no other God, but our God. Any other
claims that Jesus is not God must not be mixed with
the Gospel! –Deut. 6:4; John 8:58; Isaiah 48:11
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Jesus is the only way to the Father. There is no
other way! –John 14:6
People will spend eternity either two: Under
God’s peace or under God’s wrath.
Sin has consequences and it must be
punished.
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Relational-concerning the way two or more
people or things are connected.
We are relational beings. We love friendship
and family and being apart of a loving
environment.
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Connecting with Entertainment
Music, Movies, and social media have ability
to produce multiple messages that either
complement the Gospel or contend against the
Gospel.
We must always be mindful of who or what we
allow to influence us!
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Connecting with friends and family
Anger-Proverbs 16:32; Ephesians 4:31
Bitterness-James 3:14-15; Ephesians 4:31
Forgiveness-Matthew 18:21-22
MIX ING BAD NEWS WITH GOOD NEWS
Physical-worshipping with our bodies
Our bodies are temples meant to bring glory
to the Lord. -1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Sexual identity: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Sexual promiscuity: 1 Corinthians 6:12-18
Physical inhibitors: Drugs & Drinking -Eph.5:18
THE GOSPEL IS THE ONLY HOPE
We must know the Word of God and Wash
ourselves with it daily!
The Word of God will always weed out the Bad
News!
Psalm 119:105
2 Corinthians 10:5
John 6:68
WHY THE GOSPEL?
It helps us clearly see God and if we can
clearly see God He can clearly see us and if
He can clearly see us then that means that
sin is far from us and if sin is far from us
that means He is truly pleased with us and
that should always be our ultimate aim.
LOVING THE AUTHOR OF THE GOSPEL
“Do not love the world or the things
in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in
him. For all that is in the world—the
desires of the flesh and the desires of
the eyes and pride of life—
LOVING THE AUTHOR OF THE GOSPEL
is not from the Father but is from
the world. And the world is passing
away along with its desires, but
whoever does the will of God abides
forever.”-1 John 2:15-17
THE AUTHOR
Every one loves the story. We are a generation that
lives for the sequel. We love stories because of how it
makes us feel, it’s challenge us, convicts us, and
inspires us to be swept up into the characters and
their lives. God is the author of our salvation and has
written a story much bigger than any story man could
ever write and he doesn’t want us to spectators in
the story, but participants.
THE CHARACTERS
There are three sets of characters in the story of
God:
The main character Jesus: It’s all about Jesus, not
you!
Those who love the Father
Those who hate the Father
THE LOVERS
We must always remember that it was God who first
loved, not the other way around. –Rev. 2:4
Noah-Genesis 6:1-14
He walked with the Lord and built an ark despite the
criticism from all the people who thought he was crazy
for believing that a flood was coming to cleanse the
world of wickedness. God spared him and his family.
THE LOVERS
Abraham-Genesis 22:1-14
He loved the Lord so much so that he was willing to
sacrifice his own son. The Lord saw that he feared Him and
spared his only son by providing a ram for the sacrifice.
Hannah-1 Samuel 1:1-28
She loved the Lord so much that she gave her only son,
Samuel, to service of the Lord, because the Lord had
provided.
THE LOVERS
David- 1 Samuel 16:7
He is said to be a man after God’s on heart. He was not
perfect but he did love the Lord and when he sinned he
confessed his sin to the Lord. He did many great things for
the Lord.
The Disciples-The New Testament
The Disciples of Jesus gave them even until death for the
sake of the Gospel.
THE LOVER
Jesus-Romans 5:8; John 15:13
These verses explains everything.
There is no greater lover than Jesus. He is faithfully
committed to lavishing His love on you every sec of
every hour of every day for all eternity and nothing
will get in the way.-Romans 8:37-39
THE HATERS
Pharaoh- Exodus 14:3-4
He is a punk. He thought he was the greatest man to
live and all had all power. God showed him otherwise.
Ahab-1 Kings 16:30
He did evil in the sight of the Lord more than any
other king before him. He worshipped Baal and not the
living God of his fathers.
THE HATERS
Jezebel-Revelation 2:20
This lady was bad. Enough said. Girls don’t be this girl.
Pharisees- Matthew 23
They hated Jesus. They were teachers of the Law and
knew Scripture better than anyone, but couldn’t
recognize the God of the Scriptures when he was
standing right in front of them. John 5:39-47
THE HATER
El Diablo, Lucifer, or Stank face- 1 Peter 5:8; John
8:44
He despises the main character Jesus. He thought
in his heart that he was more magnificent than God.
He thought wrong. He was not extended salvation
and hates without any mercy the lovers of God.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
The Jealous Joker
This person loves world period. They don’t have to
have the things of the world their are bent on evil and
being with world. They don’t care about anything.
They just want to watch the world burn. Your with
Satan’s posse and your trying to cause as much
havoc as you can. Your about his will, not God’s,
because you love him and not God.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
You make life chaos for those who really love you
and care for you. The sad part is you don’t care.
You and the world are in starring roles. As long as
you have the world your alright.
You are an assassin against God. Anything that has
assignment to bring God Glory your signing up to
take it out.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
The Gaudy Gold digger
This person loves the trinkets and treasures the
world’s gives. They do whatever the worlds wants to
flaunt whatever the world wants the others to see.
They love the world for the money, because their
more about themselves and they will align
themselves with the world to gain the world’s pearls.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
When things get tough and there’s tension between
the light and dark. They take dark’s side every time,
because they love the things the world and don’t
want to be apart from them.
Fashion, popularity, pleasure, riches, success,
comfort, etc. are their goals in life and they dig
however deep they need to dig to get them. Very
easy to sway.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
They try to manipulate to get want they want
They don’t like correction, but really don’t care. They
say what they got say to keep their treasure. They rather
go through the self checkout than being checked out.
These people are billboards on the road of life
marketing death to those on the way to God’s throne.
They sold themselves out for far lesser pleasures.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
Confused carl & Carla
The most dangerous group to me because their
hard to identify. These people have the Hannah
Montana mentality, “they want the best of both
worlds.” they like this mentality because it allows
them to have a passport into both camps, the
Kingdom of light and the Kingdom of darkness.
IDENTIFYING A HATER
They either stay neutral not taking a clear stance at all, or
their standing up for both, because they don’t want to fight.
You think by doing good things that it’s good enough to
keep your status as Christian, so everyone will think you are
a Christian, so you can put on your dancing shoes and dance
it up with the world at night without anyone knowing.
Smoke screen conviction
IDENTIFYING A LOVER
Content Carl & Carla
This people love God and truly have the Father
abiding in them. They find the world completely
unfulfilling and distasteful. Only God can satisfy
them. Whether they are married or not, rich or poor,
fame or no fame their hope is in Christ and Christ
alone is their righteous. They are the real deal and
they make no deals with the world.
IDENTIFYING A LOVER
Cautions:
Remember it’s not Jesus and me, it’s Jesus and we
God gifts you to serve mankind, not save mankind
You will always be tempted to leave the One who
called you until your in the ground. Do not listen to
the world and it’s lies, abide in the Father and do His
will and you shall live forever
LOVER OR HATER?
How will it end?
Do you want to be remember as a Lover or Hater of
God?
John 8:12-30
LOVING MY ROLE IN THE GOSPEL
“And he gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds
and teachers, to equip the saints for the
work of ministry, for building up the body
of christ,
LOVING MY ROLE IN THE GOSPEL
Until we all attain to the unity of the
faith and of the knowledge of the son of
god, to mature manhood, to the measure
of the stature of the fullness of christ,
LOVING MY ROLE IN THE GOSPEL
So that we may no longer be children,
tossed to and fro by the waves and
carried about by every wind of doctrine,
human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful
schemes.
LOVING MY ROLE IN THE GOSPEL
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we
are to grow up in every way into him who
his the head, into christ, from whom the
whole body, joined and held together by
every joint with which it
LOVING MY ROLE IN THE GOSPEL
is equipped, when each part is working
properly, makes the body grow so that it
builds itself up in love.”-Ephesians 4:11-16
KNOWING YOUR ROLE
Role: the function or part played by a person or thing in a
particular situation that is orchestrated by God.
We all have universal roles and distinct roles to play in
the story of God.
Our universal role is to worship God, glorify God, and
love God with everything we are by making Him
everywhere we go. John 4:23-24; Isaiah 43:7; Matthew
22:37-40
KNOWING YOUR ROLE
Our distinct role is to worship God, glorify God, and
love God with everything we are by making Him
known everywhere we go through the specific gifts
He has given each us. Ephesians 4:12; Romans 12:6-
8
As a Christian we must all identify our role.
UNIVERSAL ROLES
We have already discussed what it means to be
lover of God lets look at what it means to be a child
and follower of God.
All believers are Sons and Daughters of God. These
roles stem from the love the Father has towards all
sons and daughters that we all should be called
children of God. 1 John 3:1; Eph. 4:14
UNIVERSAL ROLES
A son savors the words of the Father. John 8:38
A son spends time with the Father. Mark 1:35
A son works hard for the Father. John 4:34; 1 Tim
5:8
A son must be blameless. Jude 24
A son must honor authority. Titus 3:1-2
A son must honors the family name. Philippians
1:27
UNIVERSAL ROLES
A daughter savors the words of the Father. John
8:38
A daughter spends time with the Father. Mark 1:35
A daughter must know she is beautiful. Proverbs
31:10
A daughter must not adorn herself with the world,
but with a gentle and quiet spirit. 1 Peter 3:3
UNIVERSAL ROLES
We are all Brothers & Sisters in the family of God.
Bro’s & Sis’s look out for each other. Galatians 6:2
Bro’s & Sis’s have a right relationship with each other.
Ephesians 5:3
Bro’s & Sis’s work better together for the glory of the Lord
than apart. Ephesians 4:5
Bro’s & Sis’s always speak the truth in love. Ephesians
4:15
UNIVERSAL ROLES
We are all called to be co-labors and make disciples
of all nations so that we may grow up into mature
manhood and womanhood and attain complete unity
of the faith. 1 Thess. 3:2; Matt. 28:19
Co-labors have to be sanctified into that role
through themselves being discipled. What does that
look like?
UNIVERSAL ROLES
Spiritual babe: John 3:3; Hebrews 5:13(Children)
Maturing Disciple: 1 John 2: 12-14(Young men)
Multiplying Leader: 1 John 2:12-14(Young men)
Co-Laborer: 1 Thess. 3:2; 1 John 2:12-14(Fathers)
DISTINCT ROLES
We are all called to the ministry of reconciliation,
but we all have distinct roles in carrying out that
ministry. 2 Corinthians 5:18
God has called us and has equip for a certain task
here on this earth.
God never calls the equipped he equips the called.
DISTINCT ROLES
What’s your role?
God has given gifts. What’s your gift and how can you
glorify the Giver with it?
Some will be called into ministry to equip the saints:
Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, Apostles, and Prophets.
Some will be called into ministry in the secular world:
Doctors, Lawyers, Athletes, Business, Politics, Social
Services, Military.
BE A ROLE MODEL
Where ever you may be in life you are called to glorify
Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:1(Christ is the Head)
1 Timothy 4:12
Use your influence to be influential for the Kingdom of God,
not the Kingdom of self.
Know your role, love you role so the body can function
properly in seeing the world redeemed by Jesus.
THE GOSPEL IS THE GLORY FOR ALL NAT IONS
“So when they had come together they
asked him, “lord, will you at this time
restore the kingdom to israel?” he said to
them, “it is not for you to know times or
seasons that the Father
THE GOSPEL IS THE GLORY FOR ALL NAT IONS
Has fixed by his own authority. But you will
receive power when the holy spirit has
come upon you, and you will be my
witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and
samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
THE GOSPEL IS THE GLORY FOR ALL NAT IONS
And when he had said these things, as they
were looking on, he was lifted up, and a
cloud took him out of their sight. And while
they were gazing into heaven as he went,
behold, tow men stood by them in white
robes, and said,
THE GOSPEL IS THE GLORY FOR ALL NAT IONS
Men of galilee, why do you stand looking
into heaven? This jesus, who was taken up
form you into heaven? This jesus, who
taken up from you into heaven, will come
in the same way as you saw him go into
heaven.” –Acts 1:6-11
ARE YOU READY?
Ni zhun bei hao le ma? (Are you ready?)
While they were staying with Jesus in Jerusalem he
gave them final instructions and ascended into
heaven. While they looked up two angels asked,
“Why are looking into heaven?” Jesus will come
again.
We got work to do son!
HE IS COMING BACK!
Jesus is coming back for His Bride!-Acts 1:11; 1
Thess. 4:13-18; John 3:29
We must be a blameless Bride that her Bridegroom
delights to be with and show off to all of creation.
We must remember the Gospel will advance forward
whether we choose to partake in it or not.
Beyonce mentality- You are replaceable. Acts 1:24-26
THE GOSPEL JOURNEY
The Gospel is the greatest story ever told and
everyone needs to here it, because God desires for
them to hear it and draw near it! Ezekiel 18:32; 1
Timothy 4:2
There is nothing more exciting and fulfilling than
living and dying for the sake of the Gospel. Whether
through suffering and success the glory of God is of
the upmost importance to the existence of a believer.
2 Cor. 11:24-33
THE GOSPEL JOURNEY
Sharing the Gospel to the nations requires us to be
content in Christ, not comfortable in Christ.
We must be willing to get dirty and get in the trench’s
where dead hearts lie and speak to them the Words of life.
We must be willing to be the first ones to go. Why?
Because no one is innocent.
We must go with the church and through the church
THE GOSPEL JOURNEY
Buddy evangelism; Brimstone evangelism
Carrying a too heavy of a burden, and not carrying
a burden at all.
Being a coward and not a conquer.
Do not fear for He is with You!
Living pure and blameless is essential to our
testimony to the world. Rev. 21:8
THE GOSPEL JOURNEY
The goal of the Gospel is to glorify Jesus and to fulfill the
followers of Jesus.
Preserver to the end. John 6:62; Acts 1:9
Don’t be on the outside looking in. Rev. 22:14-15
When you feel yourself swaying remember what you’ve
learned this week and cling to the cross and continue to
make your boast in Christ and He shall see you through to
the end.
WELCOME HOME
Be the child in the family of God that loves their
Father and embraces their purpose in the plan of His
great love in redeeming the world through the
finished work of the Son.
Enter in my good and faithful servant.