Why is sin so bad? Why would a loving God get angry about sin? If God is so loving, why does he have to punish sin? If you’ve thought about these questions, or had someone ask you these questions, it’s important to know the Truth!
Listen as Elder Dave Shumaker answers these questions as he teaches us from the books of Romans and Exodus. Before we can understand the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we have to understand the BAD NEWS.
The Gospel we share must be clear and God-honoring. This is the most important message we can offer to a lost world! That’s why it’s so crucial that we REACH OUT to others and share the salvation message about Jesus.
The Gospel summarized in 5 statements (Romans 3:21-25):
- The Old Testament can’t save, but it can tell you how be saved.
- The righteousness we all need comes through faith.
- All people need faith because all people sin.
- God declares those with faith to be legally righteous because of Jesus’ redemptive death.
- We can be saved by Jesus’ sacrifice because it satisfies God’s wrath.
Scriptures:
- Romans 1:16-18
- Romans 3:19-26
- Exodus 34:6-7
Romans 1:16-18 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Romans 3:23-26 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.