Youthquest - What's God's Story?
On Friday (March 28th), we continued our journey through the material, "How to Become a Contagious Christian."
There were 4 major parts to the gospel message we looked at: God, Us, Christ and You
God:
- God is LOVING. (1 John 4:16b)
- God is HOLY. (1 Peter 1:15-16)
- God is JUST. (Psalm 9:16).
Us:
- We have all SINNED (Romans 3:23)
- We deserve physical and spiritual DEATH. (Romans 6:23, Hebrews 9:22)
- We are spiritually HELPLESS. (Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-9)
Christ
- Christ is GOD, who also became human. (John 1:1, 14, 8:24)
- Christ died as our SUBSTITUTE. (1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, 2 Corinthians 5:21)
- Christ offers forgiveness as a GIFT (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 6:23)
You:
- You and I must RESPOND. (John 1:12, Romans 10:13)
- You and I must ASK Christ to be our FORGIVER and LEADER (1 John 1:9, 1 Peter 3:15, John 10:27, Luke 13:5)
- The result is a spiritual TRANSFORMATION by the Holy Spirit. (2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
* From "Mittleberg, Strobel, Hybels, Becoming a Contagious Christian, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2001.