Have you heard the Gospel? 

The word ‘Gospel’ literally means ‘Good News’. It’s the good news about Jesus.

Here it is simply put…

 1. God’s Design

God created the world. We can see beauty, purpose and evidence of design all around us. Just look at the intricate design of plants, the way the moon influences the tide, or the ever-changing colours in a sunset. God originally designed a world where everything and everyone fit perfectly together in harmony. God created us for a purpose - to know Him and to bring glory and honour to Him.

Read: Genesis 1:31, Psalm 19:1 & Ephesians 2:10

 2. Our Brokenness (Sin)

But if we look around us, it is easy to see that humanity is not bringing glory to God. There is brokenness in the world. We see it in the evil of terrorism, war, violence, abuse, deceit, and betrayal. We could search high and low for the reason of the brokenness, but the truth is, we are the problem! We have not lived for God, we have not followed His rules but made up our own. We have not valued a relationship with Him. The Bible calls this sin and it means to run away from God, trying to do life our own way. It is because of sin that we as humanity have become hostile, not only towards God, but towards others. The Bible says the consequence of sin is death.

Read: Romans 1:25, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23 & Proverbs 14:12

 3. The Solution (Jesus)

We need help; a remedy, some Good News. God, because of His mercy and great love for us, did not leave us in our brokenness. He sent His Son, Jesus as the solution to our sin problem. Jesus came to us, lived a perfect sin-free life and died in our place to pay the penalty for our sin. He then defeated death and rose to life. He did for us what we couldn’t do for ourselves.

Simply hearing this good news is not enough, we must act on it and admit our sinful brokenness, ask God for forgiveness, and stop trusting in ourselves. This is when we can begin to understand God’s original design for our lives and the lives of others.

Read: John 3:16, Colossians 2:14, Mark 1:15 & Ephesians 2:8–9

 There you go! A simple version of the Gospel.

 Excerpts from: https://reubenskewes.medium.com/faq-how-do-i-simply-explain-the-gospel-1399a67a6cf1