The Gospel is the good news of abundant life in Jesus Christ
if we submit to Him as Lord before Savior
in the relationship of covenant through His Church.
1. All People
All people need God the Father’s abundant blessings of forgiveness and righteousness, earthly provision and purpose, eternal salvation and life. (Romans 3:10-12, 23; Proverbs 3:33, 10:3, 24, 30, 12:21, 13:21, 15:6, 21:27, 28:9; Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, 2:1, 15-17; Psalm 37:38; Proverbs 24:20; 2 Peter 3:1-7; John 5:29)
2. Jesus Christ
It is only through a relationship with God’s son, the God-man Jesus Christ who died for sin and rose again, that we can receive God as Father and His abundant blessings of forgiveness and righteousness, earthly provision and purpose, eternal salvation and life. (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Luke 1:76-77; Colossians 1:13-17; Hebrews 2:17; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:25; Titus 3:4-7; Romans 5:6-9; Matthew 6:24-33, 7:7-11; Rom 8:28; 1Thessalonians 5:9; John 4:14, 10:27-28; Romans 6:23; 1Jo 5:11; John 10:10)
3. Marriage
A relationship with Jesus means being in marriage covenant w/Jesus. (Jeremiah 31:31-32 w/ Hebrews 8:6-13; Luke 22:14-20; John 14:18-23, 17:22-23; 2 Corinthians 11:2)
4. Repent and Believe
Getting in marriage covenant w/Jesus requires repentance and faith in Him as Lord before Savior. (Mark 1:14-15; Matthew 3:2-8; Luke 13:1-9; Acts 17:30, 26:20; Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 8:1-10, 10:25-39; Luke 9:23-26, 14:25-33; John 12:25; 1 John 2:24-27; John 3:16; Romans 3:28; 2 Titus 3:14-15)
5. Obey
Staying in marriage covenant w/Jesus requires faithful obedience to all God’s commands. (Luke 6:46-49; Matthew 24:45-51, 25:1-13, 25:14-30; Romans 12:1-15:4; 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:22; 2 Corinthians 5:21-7:1; Galatians 5:13-6:10; Ephesians 4-6; Philippians 2:12-16; 1 Peter 1:14-19, 2:1-12; 2 Peter 1:5-11, 3:14-18; Jude 1:20-21; Matthew 5:17-20, 7:21-23, 19:16-30, 28:20; Luke 13:22-30, 16:1-17, 19:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6, 25-3:7, 3:22; Hebrews 5:9; John 3:36; John 14:15 w/Jude 1:21)
6. Belong
The entire marriage covenant between us and Jesus takes place only through His church. (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 2:38-42 w/Revelation 19:7; Ephesians 5:22-32)
7. Divorce
The marriage covenant will end in divorce and its promises will be forfeited if we are found to be unfaithful to Jesus and His church. (Matthew 6:14-15, 7:21-27, 8:11-12, 13:20-22,18:15-20, 21-35, 24:43-51, 25:14-30; Luke 14:34-35; John 15:6; Romans 2:25; 1 Corinthians 6:11 w/ 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-12; Galatians 6:7-10; Hebrews 6:4-8, 10:19-36; James 2:14-26; 2 Peter 1:9, 2:1, 20-22; 2 John 1:8; Jude 1:5; Rev 2-3)
8. Eternal Destiny
Our eternal destiny will be determined by our deeds which demonstrate whether or not we maintained by faithfulness the marriage covenant gained by faith and lived out through His church. (Revelation 20:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 25:31-46; Romans 2:6-8)