1. The Post-Christian Gospel Message

3. Acts 8:30-31
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. 31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

4. Truths of the Gospel
Rebellion brought death into the world

5. Consequences of Rebellion
Shame, Guilt & Fear
Pain in Childbearing
Thorns and Toil
Death & Disease
Carnivorism, Violence
Natural Disasters

6. Truths of the Gospel Rebellion brought death into the world
God provided a substitute

7. Genesis 22:13-14
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

8. John 1:29
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

9. Truths of the Gospel Rebellion brought death into the world
God provided a substitute
We are saved by God’s grace not by our works

10. Ephesians 2:4-5
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

11. Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

12. Truths of the Gospel
Rebellion brought death into the world

13. Truths of the Gospel Rebellion brought death into the world
God provided a substitute

14. Truths of the Gospel Rebellion brought death into the world
God provided a substitute
We are saved by God’s grace not by our works

15. Romans 10:9-10
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

16. Romans 10:14
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

17. I Corinthians 3:6
6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

18. Next Week
The Coming Judgement
The Coming Restoration

20. Prayer Available
If you need prayer, the elders are available to pray for you after the service.