Gospel (2): What is the Gospel?

What would you do if you knew that world was going to end? I know some people would probably quit their job, head to the pub, buy a stack of beer and booze the remaining nights away. What if you knew that there was one location on earth that would guarantee your survival from end the world? Would you (a) continue to drink up, (b) drink up and then do something about it or (c) gather as many people as you could and rush them to safety?

There is a growing cloud of answers to the mystery of life (see Religion 2). Almost everyone can see that the world is not the way it is supposed to be. All religions and philosophies have a take on the answer. There are even people who claim to be believers in Jesus that offer conflicting answers to this problem, i.e. it's about being good or spirituality is the answer. Today, I want to take the first step to ordering this out. Let’s go back a moment and remember our “end of the world” sequence. The bible makes this claim that one day, we will meet our maker and have to give an account (Romans 2:12; Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 11:18). Let me ask you now, how do you think you will go on that day? Judging from my actions, I will be in a bit of trouble, unless there was another way to survive:

Jesus claims that his death and resurrection is our only hope of surviving the oncoming calamity (John 14:6; see Gospel 1). This is the core message of Christianity that he [Jesus] has rescued those who trust him, and because we trust him, we will therefore work to obey him. This is not always easy and that is why we rest on his cross. I plead to you now, come to Jesus today and be rescued! It is the only way.