1. HUMANKIND IS SINFUL. We’ve all messed up, we’ve all sinned, we’ve all done wrong. Because of our sin, a gulf separates us from a relationship with God. We cannot bridge the gap and restore our relationship with God. We need a Savior to accomplish what we cannot do.
2. JESUS SAVES PEOPLE FROM SIN. JESUS RESTORES RELATIONSHIP SEVERED BY SIN. Jesus Christ is humankind’s only hope to become reconciled to a holy God. When people put their faith and trust in Jesus he cleanses them of their sins. This is called atonement. Jesus pays the penalty on the cross by sacrificially substituting his life for ours. A person’s sins are exchanged for the Jesus’s righteousness. Jesus restores the relationship with God sin had severed.
3. PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLE AND SEEK DAILY RELATIONAL INTIMACY WITH GOD. Numerous lifestyle changes take place when people put their faith and trust in Jesus. If lifestyle transformation is not happening, people should question whether or not they are truly Christians. After all, the faith people state with their mouth, nod their head in intellectual assent, if it is genuine, must take root and grip their heart. The Holy Spirit comes to live/indwell every believer. He is our Helper, He aids us in the spiritual transformation process. Christians live in reliance upon the Holy Spirit. Through cooperation with the Holy Spirit our lives become steady transformed into the image of Christ. Christians practice confession and repentance of sins. Christians seek to live obediently with how God has revealed Himself through the Scriptures, His authoritative Word. People who place their faith and trust in Jesus, and desire to live obedient God honoring lives, will continue their relationship with God for eternity, enjoying God’s presence forever.
