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gospel of His death and
resurrection • repent,
be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit
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We Believe... ...the Gospel of His death, resurrection
The word 'gospel' simply means the 'good message'. In the four gospels in the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) the good news of the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is told. An overview of this is set out in our section on Jesus. In Acts chapter two, in the Bible, we read the Apostle Peter's directive in response to the good news of Jesus. You can read about that in the next section.
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His death
He knew He was to die. The prophets had foreshadowed the sacrifice He was to make. When John the Baptist met Jesus for the first time he said: "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world." This description had a specific meaning. In the Old Testament of the Bible God had used animal sacrifice (including lambs) as a means of teaching His nation Israel about the consequence of sin. The Bible tells us that we have all sinned (Romans
3:23). Sin always results in death (Romans
6:23). In the Old Testament, God allowed the death of
animals to be a temporary substitute for this death.
God had ordained a perfect sacrifice, one that would
be sufficient for all mankind for those that accepted it. That
sacrifice was Jesus Himself.
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His Resurrection The empty tomb of Jesus is the pivotal fact of Christianity. All the claims Jesus made were vindicated in this one fact that sets Christianity apart from all religions.
The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11). The Bible also tells us, in the same place, that that same Spirit now lives inside us. See the next section
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