2. The Remedy of God

3. We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God.

4. “…there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!” (Gal. 1:7-8)

5. D ISTORTED G OSPELS 1.Prosperity Gospel

6. D ISTORTED G OSPELS “…Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (MT 16:24-26)

7. D ISTORTED G OSPELS 2. Social Gospel 3. Works Gospel “…Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” (Gal. 3:2-3)

8. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reason for The Cross 1. Christ Died that We Might Live “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Isa. 53:6)

9. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reason for The Cross 1. Christ Died that We Might Live “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 6:23)

10. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reason for The Cross 1. Christ Died that We Might Live “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Pet. 3:18)

11. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reason for The Cross 2. Christ Died that We Might Be Reconciled

12. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL “And you, being dead in your trespasses… He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Col. 2:13-14)

13. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL “…(God) has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ…” (2 Cor. 5:18)

14. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reproach of The Cross “…we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles” (1 Cor. 1:23)

15. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Reproach of The Cross “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” (1 Cor. 2:2)

16. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Rejection of The Cross “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (John 3:36)

17. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Rejection of The Cross “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

18. T HE B IBLICAL G OSPEL The Response to The Cross “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation…” (2 Cor. 7:10)