The Good News of Jesus Christ

In love, God created all things, including you. He made mankind to be in a perfect relationship with Him. We were designed to be in a loving union with our Creator. All eternity was to be spent in an all-satisfying relationship with God. We would be His people and He would be our God. In this, we were made to bring God glory through our enjoyment of Him as we walked in obedience to Him to partner with Him in tending to His creation. In the beginning there was harmony and peace.

Genesis 1:1-14, 2:1-24; Revelation 4:11

However, the first humans, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God's good will. They chose to rebel against Him. They wanted to be the god of their own lives and decide for themselves what was right and wrong. This rebellion is called sin and it severed our relationship with God. As a result, sinful humanity was cast out of God's presence and all of creation was brought under a curse. Now, every human is born into sin and we are at enmity with God. In light of our disobedience we are deserving of God's judgement where we will be separated from the blessings of His presence for all eternity in hell. Seeing that we have sinned, we can no longer work our way back to God and the all-satisfying relationship with Him. We are helpless to earn His forgiveness.

Genesis 3; John 3:36, Romans 3:23, 6:23;

While we are helpless in our sin, God did not leave us hopeless. In love, God came to earth in the form of man to be a Savior for His people. Jesus of Nazareth was fully God and fully man. He lived the perfect life that we could not. He was sentenced to death and died on a cross. Jesus willingly laid down His life to be a sacrifice for our sins and rose three days later to bring us new life and show His authority over death. Now, for those who would place faith in Christ he bears the penalty that we deserve for our sins and give us His own life of perfect obedience. This exchange of our sin for Christ's righteousness is the only way sinful humanity can be reconciled to God. Those who believe in the Son of God will never perish, but have eternal life. This is because God now looks at those who have faith in Jesus as if they had lived Jesus' perfect life because Jesus was treated as if He had lived our lives of disobedience and sin.
 
John 3:16; Romans 6:23, 10:9-13; Ephesians 2:1-10; Galatians 2:15-21

The good news of the Gospel does not stop with our personal redemption, but God promises that all things will be made right. By His grace and according to His good will, God is working out a plan of redemption in which His people will dwell with Him for all eternity in a new heaven and new earth. There will be no more sorrow, no more pain, no more tears, no injustice, and no sin anymore! For those who place faith in Christ, an eternity of delight in God is waiting for them. Do you want to be restored to a right relationship with God? Jesus has done all that you need, would you put your trust in Him?

John 14:1-7; Romans 8:18-30; Revelation 21:1-27