Key Gospel Verses
These are some basic verses that all of us who are committed to living for Jesus should try to know by heart. A useful method is to obtain some library cards, write our the text on one side and the reference of the back. Then carry it around and keep testing yourself. It is painful!
What is the Bad News?
“I don’t need God, I’m better as I am.”
Romans 3:10
Romans 3:23
Acts 10:42
What is the Good News?
Mark 1:1
Romans 5:8
Acts 10:43
The gospel centres on Jesus. Can my righteousness ever be good enough for God?
Romans 1:17,
Romans 3:21,
What are the implications of the good and bad news?
John 3:16-18
Acts 10:42-43
How different is my standing with God when I become a Christian?
2 Corinthians 5:17
Ephesians 2:1,5
What does ‘believe’ mean?
Lady in 40s 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. She asked ‘Does that mean I am not a Christian?’
John 5:24
Matthew 10:32
Romans 10:9-10
What happens when we die?
Hebrews 9:27-28
Acts 10:42
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
John 5:24
Romans 8:1
1 John 5:12-13
These verses on assurance are promises of God that those who are committed to living for him are completely secure. My security is not in a past decision but because I am living in Christ.
How do we become Christians and what are we Christians for?
Revelation 3:20
Ephesians 2:8-10
What evidence is there that we love Jesus?
John 14:15
Philippians 1:21
How should we live?
1 Peter 1:14-15
Philippians 2:14-16,21
In a more extended passage Colossians 3:1-4:6
Are all Christians meant to share the gospel with others?
Matthew 28:19 We know this applies to us all because of v.20.
1 Peter 2:9
John 17:23
2 Corinthians 5:9-21 In this longer passage Paul gives three reasons why Christians should be concerned to share the gospel with others
What is our message?
Acts 10:42-43
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