Gospel Hope

{GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD}
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  1. Hope for All Nations - (The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is a message of hope for all nations and races) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Commencement of the Good News of the Kingdom - (The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus constitute nothing less than the beginning of the promised New Creation of God) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Message, Sign and Hope of the Gospel - (The task of the Church is to proclaim the Good News of the kingdom in every inhabited corner of the earth) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Blessing to the Nations in Jesus - (Jesus is the promised “seed” of Abraham in whom all the nations of the earth are blessed, according to the covenant made by Yahweh with Abraham) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Inheritance of Abraham - (The original land promise to Abrahamencompasses the entire earth in his true “seed,” Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Present Demonstration of God's Righteousness - (The “righteousness of God” refers not to an absolute moral standard but to the faithfulness of God to His promises) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Neither Jew nor Gentile - (Galatians 3:26-29 - To return to the custodianship of the Law would mean to erect again the divisions between Jewish and Gentile believers) - {PDF Copy}
{SALVATION AND LIFE IN JESUS}
  1. Righteousness and Wrath - Present and Future Tense - (Just as sinners await the future judgment of God, so believers are waiting to receive their full salvation at the resurrection – Romans 1:16-23) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Present Demonstration of God's Righteousness - (The “righteousness of God” refers not to an absolute moral standard but to the faithfulness of God to His promises) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Rescuing Us from Wrath - (1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 - Even now, Jesus is “rescuing” his people from the future “wrath” that will befall all who do not turn from transgression before the Day of the Lord) - {PDF Copy}
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