A Positive Decision Towards The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

He the perfect expression of love, honesty, truth, peace and wisdom. God is kind, forgiving, and infinite in his existence, holy, welcoming and the ultimate power in the universe itself. Gracious and righteous is the Lord who is greatly embodied of compassion (Psalm 116:5,

• Writes about James, brother of Jesus, who was called the Christ. Stoned to death in A.D. 62. Pg.78

To fully understand Romans 8:1-4, we need to establish a basic concept of the book of Romans. All the way back as far as 57 A.D, the book of Romans is speculated to be written by Tertious, a secretary of the apostle Paul. This is shown in Romans 16:22. Paul intended to write the book, the book of Romans, to help create faith in the Romans. It is speculated that the apostle Paul, with the help of his secretary, wrote the book of Romans in the city of Corinth in Greece.The book of Romans consists of how to believe in God and that we are not saved through our own sin but through Christ Jesus who paid the ultimate price for our sins. In Romans 8:1-4, it talks about how we are not condemned to death because we are saved through Christ Jesus from him dying on the cross.

Grace is the gift that God freely gave when we were the most undeserving of it (Acts 15:11, NLT). Since Jesus Christ is the gift of grace that God gave, all mankind must do to receive salvation is to believe and have faith in Jesus (John 17:3, John 6:29, and Acts 4:12, NLT). There is a lot of debate in the world today about fixing the world’s problems, how and who should do it. Just like the task that God gave in early Genesis, people are responsible to taking care of the problems that we make. But the real question is how. The answer not only transforms oneself but also society. Hebrews 12:14 and 15 (NLT) states, “Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God” (NLT) and 1 John 4:12 says, “…But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us” (NLT). These verses show that when we love others not only does God shine through us but also, we can do no harm in loving each other, “love for God does not come at the expense of love for one’s fellow human being” (Hiles and Smith,

God’s grace is a word frequently used to refer to “gift from God”. In many circles, it is theological defined as God’s unmerited favor (Hughes, 1998, Ryrie, 1963). Within this

God’s grace is offered to everyone no matter what his or her religion, or lack thereof. The real obstacle is whether or not the offered grace is realized and accepted. In “The River” by Flannery O’Connor an innocent child, Harry, is offered grace. He is clueless to what is going on, but he knows he is not content in the life he lives now. In addition, in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” O’Connor challenges the socially unworthy characters, The Misfit and the Grandmother, to find and accept grace. God grants all of his children the opportunity to obtain grace whether they are innocent or apparently socially unworthy. The innocent Harry and the socially unworthy Grandmother both receive grace through violence: however, the socially unworthy Misfit is offered grace but refuses it.

Divine grace can be defined as the divine influence within humans, which inspires them to resist temptation and endure tribulations. It also signifies the reawakening of people to God. Throughout The Aeneid, Aeneas faces many

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17) This substantiates the belief that you cannot repair your relationship with God solely through your good deeds; it is instead accomplished through faith in Jesus Christ and all of His wondrous works.

Although God reveals Himself both through nature and through Divine Revelation, it is abundantly clear that our will is inherently twisted by sin and, therefore, we need Divine Revelation to be the most important, most clear. The Holy Spirit helps us to understand Scripture as literal and historic.

Grace is defined as “divine help or strength … given through the mercy and love of God.” This grace can help us serve beyond our capacity to love, and in the scriptures grace is frequently used to connote a strengthening or

The Confession of Faith also explains the doctrine of predestination. God has already chosen who will accept Him, and at the right time, He illuminates their mind and brings them to Himself. This calling resides in His own special grace and has nothing to do with man’s ability or actions. Even if men are called by the Word, unless they are a part of the elect and are called of God, they cannot be saved.

The unmerited favor of God expressed unto those who did nothing of their own power to earn this gift. Because of Christ Jesus obedience unto the death of the cross, the grace of God is given unto us through justification by faith unto righteous, when one truly repents for their sins, (Romans 5:17-19).

Believers have been unified in salvation by grace and are called to live like Christ.

We need Jesus because there is no hope of salvation without him. This is a concept that holds the basis of Christianity. In this paper I want to go over what I think are the most important pieces of evidence to this thesis: Jesus as the prophesied seed of the women, Jesus as our mediator, prophet, and priest, and lastly Jesus as our king.

When people hear the word “gospel,” they typically associate it with the Bible, and for a variety of people this is the extent of their biblical knowledge. While numerous people instinctively turn their heads away at the mention of religion, their assumptions of the Gospels as boring, stuffy orders to obey God are often incorrect. Sure, most people would find more excitement and pleasure reading a Harry Potter book instead of the Bible, but they often do not realize the Gospels contain a plethora of narrative stories of adventure, suspense, and peril. It almost appears the Gospels are the ultimate action stories equipped with the typical good versus evil storyline, and, of course, a heroic figure, Jesus. Translated into “good news,”