The Basics


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God is perfect.
God created human beings.
God gave human beings free will.
Human beings chose to sin; to give into their sinful desires.
God despises sin.
The wages of sin is death. God cannot have sin in his presence. It is abhorrent to him. Therefore, the consequence of our sin is eternity in Hell. God is also a just God and, therefore, must punish sin.
God loves us as our Father. God loves us more than we can comprehend. God also, like a father, punishes our sin in order to change our behavior. God knows that sinning results in bad things happening to us and wants to spare us from those things by teaching us not to sin.
God wants us to be with him and not be separated from him.
God created a way for our sins to be removed from us.
God became man in the form of his Son, Jesus, to take the punishment for our sins. Only the sacrifice of perfection can wipe away our imperfection.
God wants us to confess our sins, acknowledge our need for his forgiveness, and accept the salvation (the payment) that Jesus made for our sins. When we have put our faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of our sins, we are to ask God to help us turn away from our sins, to change the desires of our heart, so that we can live the kind of life that God commands us to live. This cannot be done through our own strength but only through the strength of God’s Holy Spirit.
Because God loves all people, we are to help others discover God’s gift of salvation through Jesus.
When we realize that we are law-breakers and will be judged, by God, on the basis of his Law (The Ten Commandments); we understand how much God loved us when he sent his only son, Jesus, to take our punishment for us. We deserve an eternity in Hell for the sins we’ve committed and yet God made a way for us to be saved; and for our family and friends to be saved.
When we understand the gravity of this, the other things in life: our careers, money, possessions, stresses, grudges; all seem insignificant. These things are simply scenery and background noise. These are the things that the Devil uses to tempt us to reject God’s mercy.
Once we have stopped resisting God’s gift of salvation, we are to share the knowledge of this gift with others so that they can make the right choice as well. Part of how we do this is by behaving the way God wants us to; to be his ambassadors to those who have not yet been saved.
When people understand that they have broken God’s Law and are in desperate need of salvation; when they see how God has changed our hearts and our behavior, they will want to find out more about how and why God has done these things. When we explain to them that Jesus paid the price for our law breaking and that we behave this way, not to earn our way to heaven, but because God has changed the desires of our hearts and rescued us from Hell; they will want to find out what they need in order to avoid Hell also.
Conversely, if we claim to be Christians but behave sinfully, then we will be hypocrites and drive people away from God. We will also put our faith at risk by continuing to love our sin more than we love God.
  1. God is perfect.
  2. God created human beings.
  3. God gave human beings free will.
  4. Human beings chose to sin; to give into their sinful desires.
  5. God despises sin.
  6. The wages of sin is death. God cannot have sin in his presence. It is abhorrent to him. Therefore, the consequence of our sin is eternity in Hell. God is also a just God and, therefore, must punish sin.
  7. God loves us as our Father. God loves us more than we can comprehend. God also, like a father, punishes our sin in order to change our behavior. God knows that sinning results in bad things happening to us and wants to spare us from those things by teaching us not to sin.
  8. God wants us to be with him and not be separated from him.
  9. God created a way for our sins to be removed from us.
  10. God became man in the form of his Son, Jesus, to take the punishment for our sins. Only the sacrifice of perfection can wipe away our imperfection.
  11. God wants us to confess our sins, acknowledge our need for his forgiveness, and accept the salvation (the payment) that Jesus made for our sins. When we have put our faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of our sins, we are to ask God to help us turn away from our sins, to change the desires of our heart, so that we can live the kind of life that God commands us to live. This cannot be done through our own strength but only through the strength of God’s Holy Spirit.
  12. Because God loves all people, we are to help others discover God’s gift of salvation through Jesus.

When we realize that we are law-breakers and will be judged, by God, on the basis of his Law (The Ten Commandments); we understand how much God loved us when he sent his only son, Jesus, to take our punishment for us. We deserve an eternity in Hell for the sins we’ve committed and yet God made a way for us to be saved; and for our family and friends to be saved.

When we understand the gravity of this, the other things in life: our careers, money, possessions, stresses, grudges; all seem insignificant. These things are simply scenery and background noise. These are the things that the Devil uses to tempt us to reject God’s mercy.

Once we have stopped resisting God’s gift of salvation, we are to share the knowledge of this gift with others so that they can make the right choice as well. Part of how we do this is by behaving the way God wants us to; to be his ambassadors to those who have not yet been saved.

When people understand that they have broken God’s Law and are in desperate need of salvation; when they see how God has changed our hearts and our behavior, they will want to find out more about how and why God has done these things. When we explain to them that Jesus paid the price for our law breaking and that we behave this way, not to earn our way to heaven, but because God has changed the desires of our hearts and rescued us from Hell; they will want to find out what they need in order to avoid Hell also.

Conversely, if we claim to be Christians but behave sinfully, then we will be hypocrites and drive people away from God. We will also put our faith at risk by continuing to love our sin more than we love God.