good news: what's it all about?
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Good News: What’s It All About, Mark 1:1
Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Good News: What’s It All AboutCE: “The Gospel”Questions:
Is the Bible Reliable?Does God Exist?
The Gospel“God-spell” -- the story concerning God
Translates a Greek word (NT) that has its roots in a Hebrew word (OT)
The story of the Bible is the Gospel
The Gospel“bisar” -- verb “to proclaim, announce, or report victory”
Originally victory in battle (2 Sam. 4:10)
Eventually personal proclamation about God’s deliverance
The GospelGod’s “salvation” in the coming of “The Messiah”
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!“ Isaiah 52:7 (NIV)
The Gospel“euangelizesthai” -- verb “to proclaim, announce, or report victory”
Originally victory in battle (2 Sam. 4:10)
Eventually “to proclaim…good news”
The GospelGod’s “salvation” in the coming of “The Messiah”
The “good news” about Jesus Christ
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 (NIV)
The GospelSin has entered each of our livesSin controls and shapes our destinies
We are helpless in our sinGod has intervened on our behalf through Jesus Christ
The GospelRepentTrustBorn again
BelongObeyFollow
The GospelCreationFallRedemptionFulfillment
The Gospel3 For what I received I passed on to you
as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, … 1 Cor. 15:1, 3-4 (NIV)
The QuestionsIs the Bible reliable?Does God exist?
Is the Bible reliable?M anuscriptsA rcheologyP ropheciesS tatistics
Does God exist?C reationC onscienceC ognitionC onsequenceC hrist
Does God exist?C ognition
Ontological (logical)Cosmological (first-cause)Teleological (design)