What constitutes the Gospel of Salvation?

hat lady · Tadpole Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 24

What would you say constitutes the Gospel of Salvation? And where in the Bible does it say that there is a Gospel of salvation and what it is?

Scriptures please, do not submit opinions based off what you know, please give the scriptures for the hope that lies within you.

God Bless
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GospelCompilation · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

Would you mind restating the question? I would love to share my thoughts and hear the thoughts of others... but I'm not sure exactly what you are asking. Sorry.

Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

GospelCompilation · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Oops, we pushed the button too many times.

GospelCompilation · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

We felt the question was too broad. That's why we asked her to narrow it a little. Even in your excellent response, you made the comment that "I don't believe that there is any one or two Bible verses which explains everything."

We don't think people ignored it. It was simply too big of a question. It needed to be pared down.

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

ShardikSon · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject:

This seems like a good place to start.

Mattathias

Nickman · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Mattathias,
Good job I see you understand the Kingdom and not heaven going like alot of people.

I would like to add alot:

Jesus told the Apostles to Go preach the Gospel in Luke9
1When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3He told them: "Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." 6So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

People dont notice this because they dont study but the Apostles had no idea Jesus was going to suffer and die, but yet they preched the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Later in the same Chapter
verse
22And he said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life."

What was the Good news of the Kingdom? You have to look at all the prophesies concerning the Kingdom and their are many in the OT.

Salvation wasnt preached until after Jesus' resurrection.

How does this all fit?

The only way into the Kingdom is through the King. Many people think that Jesus stood in their place on the cross to pay a debt. This is not true because if he did then we would never die and we wouldnt have to be obedient because everything is already paid for. To think this make sthe person believe that God is blood thirsty and asked his son to do something that he told the Israelites to stay away from and that is sacrifice.

The truth is from scripture, that Jesus died for us and the word blood just means his life. Too many people have this fixation about his blood as if they could get a vial and poor it on themselves, I would have to say that this would do nothing for the Person.

Acts 2
36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."

40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

You will notice that the people were cut to the heart and asked what they could do. Peter says "Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus for forgiveness of sins" then in verse 40 he says "save yourselves from this corrupt generation".

Repentance was first and shows that one must truly hate their sin and not want it anymore. We must look at it from Gods eyes.

The lamb sacrifice will help you understand the sacrifice of Jesus. First we see it in Genesis Adam and Eve made little leaf coverings(this word is important so remember it) but God deemed them unworthy. So he made clothes for them out of skins. Anyone will say wait a minute didnt he have to kill an animal for the skins? Precisely and this showed Adam and Eve the severity of their sin. It caused death just as God pronounces would happen if he ate the fruit.

When an Israelite sinned he would go to his flock and choose the best one he had to offer unto God for atonement. The lamb represented him and he would lay his hands on it and confess his sins after the priest had inspected it. The lamb would then be slain and burnt upon the altar. It wasnt a waste though because the sinner would eat its flesh. Does this remind you of what Jesus said about himself? The whole event showed first that a person was sorry for their sin and that he understood that it caused death and he was guilty and condemned to death. The animal though represented him and was killed for him not in his place because he would still die.

This mindset was what God wanted to reinforce in his people: true sincerity for wrong doing.

When Jesus came along he was our lamb as the bible says. He crucified himself daily because he shared in our sinful nature but yet he was without sin.

Hebrews 2:14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for[f]the sins of the people. 18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Jesus fought an earthly internal and external battle one with his self (devil), and the other with exterior adversaries such as the Pharisses and Saducees. But Jesus proved perfect in character and crucified this sinful nature that all have given into.

How can this save us though? Jesus is our representative just like the lamb was, but lambs and humans are different. Jesus was one of us and he represented the human race unto God with his perfect life. Adam digressed from this and we have all fallen short.

So what happens when one man overcomes sin? He becomes the author of salvation and show others the way to receive eternal life while providing a covering(his own life).

Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

and 1John 1:If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.

So we learned Jesus is our representative. He represents our best efforts and character. We must first repent, then be baptized. The baptism is our acknowledgment of the truths pertaining to the Kingdom and the name Jesus Christ both are synonymous and you cant have one without the other. When we are baptized we symbolically die to the life we lived before we heard the word about the Kingdom and its King and in this we make a covenant with God to live a life without sin. We die side by side with Jesus on the cross (symbolically). And we are raised to a new life which we aim to bring forth good fruit. Only those who overcome their sinful nature can enter the Kingdom of God. It may fight you to stay alive but if you destroy it with Christ you have Jesus as your covering and God imputes righteousness to you for your faith in this Good News.

You have to save yourself from this corrupt generation by clinging to the one who can save.

Sorry this was long but alot of things go into it.

Questions? If you need more scripture let me know and I will post all.

v/r
Nick

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:07 am Post subject:

Nickman · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

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Nickman · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

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Abdullah · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:20 am Post subject:

Gospel of salvation?

Do to others what you'd have them do to you.