Bible Matters 257:  Gospel of Jesus Christ

Jesus was sent to earth to offer salvation to the Jews and Gentiles.  He offers you victory over death, salvation or everlasting life by his doctrine contained in the New Testament.  You will be free of death and never die.  You will not obtain everlasting life by saying you just believe in Jesus and not changing your sinful life.   You must understand God’s doctrine, from the words Jesus spoke.   When you are of Jesus, you hear, do, understand and keep his words.   You follow him and he knows you.   

John 7:16-17 – Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 

John 5:24  – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 8:31-32 – Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:47,51 – He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

John 10:27-28 – My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 

John 11:25-26 – Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Luke 11:28 – But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Jesus offers you forgiveness of your sins by his death burial and resurrection.  Jesus tells you to repent of your sins and turn to him with a converted heart, being born again as a child of God.  A converted heart that has turned from a lover of self to a lover of God and one another.  When your heart is right with God, he baptizes you with the Holy Ghost.  You abstain from a sinful life and live a righteous life for Jesus.  The pure in heart will see God. 

Acts 3:19 – Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Luke 13:3 – I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

John 8:11, 34-35 – She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.   Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

Matthew 5:20 – For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

1 John 5:17-18 – All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Matthew 18:3 – And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

John 3:3 – Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 

Acts 1:5- For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

Titus 1:16 – They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

1 Peter 1:22-23 – Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

When you believe in Jesus, you abide by his doctrine, love God, love one another, live a righteous life by avoiding the sins of the flesh, serve God and serve one another with glory.

Matthew 19:17-19 – And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Matthew 22:37-39 – Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Galatians 5:16,19-21 – This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

When you are of God, you desire to serve only him.  No longer a servant of sin walking in darkness.  Jesus tells you that you cannot serve two masters.  You are to serve God and one another with the promise in the end of everlasting life.

 John 8:12 – Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46 – I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Luke 16:13 – No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 4:10 – Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

 Romans 6:20,22 – For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

When you believe in Jesus, you prove your love and feed his sheep.  You are a doer of his words.  No longer denying him before men.

James 1:22 – But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Mark 16:15 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Matthew 10:32-33 – Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.  But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

John 21:17  – He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Luke 9:26 – For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.

Religious traditions do not offer salvation.  Only God’s word offers the true message of salvation. 

Matthew 15:3 – But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

1 Peter 1:18 – Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

When you abide in God’s word per the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in the end you are offered the gift of everlasting life. Only a wicked man can offer you a false doctrine of being saved or salvation with a couple of verses from the bible. You error in not knowing scripture.   

Proverbs 17:23 – A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Matthew 22:29 – Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Decide today that you will search the scriptures and become a servant of Jesus Christ.

John 5:39 – Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen