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November/December 2015
Plan of Salvation:

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever shall believe
in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved.

A Message From Good News Press

What is the Christian Message
With his final words before his ascension, Jesus issued to his followers
the task of conveying his message to
the world. Armed with this directive, the total number of Christians exploded from a mere 120 to
over 3,000 within the span of two
weeks. By the end of the first century, an estimated one million people
had responded to the Christian message by becoming followers of Jesus.
Today, nearly two thousand years
later, the Christian faith has grown
to become the largest faith in the
world with over two billion adherents. Still, Christians continue to
treat Jesus' mandate seriously and
persist in spreading his message far
and wide.

ferred to as the "Gospel," which
means "good news." Specifically, it is
the good news about Jesus—who he
is, what he has done, and what he
offers. Essentially, the message is
that Jesus was God in the flesh, that
he came into the world to reconcile
humanity to himself, and that his
salvation is freely offered to each
person who will respond in faith.

What is this message, though, and
why is it so important? Why have
countless Christians pledged and
even given their lives in order to
promote it?

Furthermore, the Gospel message
explains that salvation is only possible through the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. Though thousands of books have been written
about these events, the core idea is
that, through his sacrifice, Jesus paid
the price for our sinfulness (rebellion
against God), thus offering us forgiveness. Then through his Resurrection he conquered death, removing it as the penalty for our sin and
replacing it with the offer of eternal
life.

The Christian message is often re-

Though the Christian Scriptures do

contain a code of conduct as well as
doctrinal and theological statements, the central message is more
about placing faith in the person of
Jesus than it is about conforming to
any code. The primary emphasis of
Christianity, then, is to point people
toward Jesus and the salvation that
is only available from him.
The Christian Church has taken different forms throughout the centuries, but this central message has
remained the same. It binds all of
Christendom together. Despite the
various branches of Christianity in
the world today—most notably Roman Catholicism, Protestantism,
and Eastern Orthodoxy—this Gospel
message acts as a unifying element.
Though adherents to the faith include people from every walk of life,
this message binds them all together. Throughout the Christian
Church, this message of salvation is
considered to be the hope of the
world.

The Christian message is often referred to as the "Gospel," which
means "good news." Specifically, it
is the good news about Jesus—who
He is, what He has done, and what
He offers. Essentially, the message
is that Jesus was God in the flesh,
that He came into the world to reconcile humanity to Himself, and
that his salvation is freely offered to
each person who will respond in
faith. The Gospel message explains
that salvation is only possible
through the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. Through his sacrifice, Jesus paid the price for our sinfulness (rebellion against God), thus
offering us forgiveness. Then
through his Resurrection He conquered death, removing it as the
penalty for our sin and replacing it
with the offer of eternal life that is
only available from Him to all those
that place their faith in Him.