Gospel Verses

What is the Bad News?

A friend said to me as we walked around my Garden

“I don’t need God, I’m fine as I am.”

How would you answer him?

Romans 3:23

What is the Gospel?

It centres on Jesus.

Mark 1:1

What are the implications of the good and bad news?

The good news is eternal salvation, but rejecting Christ means rejecting salvation.

John 3:16-18, 36

What does ‘believe’ mean?

A lady in 40’s said that she had been a churchgoer all her life, accepted Christian ethics and believed in the importance of church but she had never entered into a personal relationship with Jesus, he was not the focus of her faith. She asked ‘Does that mean I am not a Christian?’

Revelation 3:20

John 5:24

Can we be sure we have eternal life?

A medical student attending a Conference was on a walk. She had recently become a Christian. She was asked, “So you have accepted Christ into your life but surely a much more important question is ‘Has Christ accepted me?’ ‘How do you know he has accepted you and given you eternal life?”

John 1:12

John 3:16

Romans 8:1

1 John 5:12-13

These verses on assurance are promises of God

How do we become Christians and what are we Christians for?

We become Christians by entering into a personal relationship with Jesus as our Lord. From then on we are here to serve him

Ephesians 2:8-10,

Are all Christians meant to share the gospel with others?

Yes. If in any doubt please read the book ‘The Duty of a Disciple’ which reviews the Bible’s teaching.

1 Peter 2:9

John 17:23

Romans 15:16