{"id":135,"date":"2023-03-04T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2023-05-06T05:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T09:48:24","slug":"the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/the-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"135\" class=\"elementor elementor-135\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9a8492 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9a8492\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c22410a\" data-id=\"c22410a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf526d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sina_title\" data-id=\"cf526d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sina_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sina-title-title\">THE GOOD NEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sina-title-subtitle\">The Gospel<\/h3>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .sina-title -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce34c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cce34c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Do you KNOW for sure that you are going to Heaven? Most people do not know for sure. Most people just HOPE that their good deads outnumber their bad deeds and that it will be enough. That is not enough! The Bible says that there is only one way to Heaven and that is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His redemptive work on the cross.<\/p><p>The most important question you must consider is if you died today, and God himself asked you &#8220;why should I let you into my Heaven?&#8221;, what would you say?<\/p><p>The Bible says that you can KNOW that you are going to Heaven through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior. Below is an outline of the Gospel Message taken from the Bible (ESV). Read the passages and take a moment to consider what they are saying. Pray to God to reveal the truth to you as you read. God will not ignore your sincere efforts to understand the truth of salvation through His Son, the Lord Jesus!<\/p><h1>I.\u00a0 God\u2019s Plan:\u00a0 Peace &amp; Life &#8211; You can KNOW it!<\/h1><blockquote><h2>1 John 5:9-13<\/h2><p><span id=\"en-ESV-30617\" class=\"text 1John-5-9\">If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30618\" class=\"text 1John-5-10\">Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30619\" class=\"text 1John-5-11\">And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30620\" class=\"text 1John-5-12\">Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.<span class=\"text 1John-5-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>John 3:16-17<\/h2><p><span class=\"text John-3-16\"><span class=\"woj\">For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26127\" class=\"text John-3-17\"><span class=\"woj\">For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><h1>\u00a0<\/h1><h1>II.\u00a0 Man\u2019s Problem:\u00a0 Sin &amp; Separation!<\/h1><blockquote><h2>Romans 3:9-23<\/h2><p><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-9\">What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,<\/span> <span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27986\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-10\">as it is written: <\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-10\">None is righteous, no, not one;<\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27987\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-11\"> no one understands;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"> <span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-11\">no one seeks for God.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27988\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-12\"> All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; <\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-12\">no one does good,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"> <span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-12\">not even one.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27989\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-13\">Their throat is an open grave;<\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"> <span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-13\">they use their tongues to deceive.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-13\">The venom of asps is under their lips.<\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27990\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-14\">Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27991\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-15\">Their feet are swift to shed blood;<\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27992\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-16\"> in their paths are ruin and misery,<\/span><\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27993\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-17\"> and the way of peace they have not known. <\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58indent-1\"><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27994\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-18\">There is no fear of God before their eyes.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27995\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-19\">Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.<\/span> <span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27996\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-20\">For by works of the law no human being <\/span><span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27996\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-20\">will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. <\/span><span class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-21\">But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it\u2014<\/span> <span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27998\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-22\">the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:<\/span> <span id=\"ydp8b2d9f58en-ESV-27999\" class=\"ydp8b2d9f58text ydp8b2d9f58Rom-3-23\">for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;<\/span><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Romans 5:12<\/h2><p><span class=\"text Rom-5-12\">Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned;<\/span><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Romans 6:23<\/h2><p><span id=\"en-ESV-28076\" class=\"text Rom-6-23\">For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote><h1>\u00a0<\/h1><h1>III.\u00a0 God\u2019s Solution:\u00a0 Substitution!<\/h1><blockquote><h2>Romans 5:6-8<\/h2><p><span id=\"en-ESV-28038\" class=\"text Rom-5-6\">For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28039\" class=\"text Rom-5-7\">For one will scarcely die for a righteous person\u2014though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die\u2014<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28040\" class=\"text Rom-5-8\">but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote><h1>\u00a0<\/h1><h1>IV.\u00a0 Man\u2019s Response:\u00a0 Repent, Believe, Receive!<\/h1><blockquote><h2>Romans 10:9-13<\/h2><p><span id=\"en-ESV-28182\" class=\"text Rom-10-9\">Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28183\" class=\"text Rom-10-10\">For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28184\" class=\"text Rom-10-11\">For the Scripture says, \u201cEveryone who believes in him will not be put to shame.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28185\" class=\"text Rom-10-12\">For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28186\" class=\"text Rom-10-13\">For \u201ceveryone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u201d<\/span><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>John 1:10-13<\/h2><p><span id=\"en-ESV-26044\" class=\"text John-1-10\">He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26045\" class=\"text John-1-11\">He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26046\" class=\"text John-1-12\">But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26047\" class=\"text John-1-13\">who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0b1f45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0b1f45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b06465\" data-id=\"4b06465\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-57cd020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57cd020\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c25092\" data-id=\"8c25092\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd3b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sina_video\" data-id=\"3cd3b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sina_video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sina-video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"sina-video-play  \" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aUbJkmHMZMg\" data-vbtype=\"video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-play\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sina-video-title\">Watch video<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .sina-video -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-393ebf9\" data-id=\"393ebf9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7b769 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d7b769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nWhy Your Good Works Can't Save You<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GOOD NEWS The Gospel Do you KNOW for sure that you are going to Heaven? Most people do not know for sure. Most people just HOPE that their good deads outnumber their bad deeds and that it will be enough. That is not enough! The Bible says that there is only one way to Heaven and that is through&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4788,"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/4788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggcpa.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}