The Gospel.

The Gospel is the story of the good news and starts in Genesis. God created the world and everything in it, including two humans, Adam and Eve. Everything was perfect, and there was only one rule. Adam and Eve couldn’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge because it would kill them. One day, the devil came in the form of a snake to tempt Eve into eating the fruit, convincing her that she wouldn’t die upon eating it. She ate the fruit, and upon seeing his wife not spontaneously combust, Adam also ate. Immediately, they were ashamed, aware of their transgression against the Lord. This broke their relationship with God, and they were cursed to live in sin and pain, eventually to die apart from the Lord. This began a cycle of endless rebellion against the Lord, and no one was able to be without sin. Since everyone who followed came from sinners, they too, were doomed to sin. God gave us the law, and it highlighted how deep our corruption ran, and how no matter what we did, nothing was enough to reach perfection. For years, prophecies were told about the Messiah, a savior who would come and save us from our sins.

Eventually, He did come, in the form of a tiny baby, born to a virgin girl in a stable. His name was Jesus, and over the course of his life, he upheld the law perfectly and never once sinned, even when tempted. Through his ministry, he demonstrated his divinity by performing miracles, healing people, loving the unlovable, and teaching the truth to everyone he came across. His perfection irritated people, and through a series of betrayals, Jesus was tortured and murdered by being hung on a cross, where he went willingly despite his ability to save himself. Fortunately for us, however, death couldn’t win. Three days after his death, he rose from the grave and later ascended to be back to the right hand of his Father in heaven. 

What this means for us is simple. We are sinners, incapable of doing good, no matter what we do or say (Romans 3:23). We are completely separate from our creator, and no amount of sacrifices we can provide or work we can do fixes that (Romans 3:10). But God had mercy on His creation and sent His son to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins (John 3:16). Jesus took responsibility for all our sins and died to mend what we couldn’t (2 Corinthians 5:21). By admitting our sins and repenting of it, along with having faith in Christ and admitting He is Lord, then we will be made new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).