The Gospel According To The Word Of God

One of my ministry friends named Arthur wrote his own Gospel tract, which I wanted to share with others. I encourage believers who are learned in the Scriptures to write their own Gospel tracts, because to be brutally honest 99% of the existing religious literature is total garbage:

Are you 100% certain that you would go to Heaven if you died today? That is the most important question anyone could ever ask themselves. There are many many religions in the world, each claiming that they are the path to God. But how do we know which of these paths to God is correct? The answer to this most important question can be found in the Bible, which is the Word of God. According to most religions, in order to go to Heaven one must do something in order to be accepted by God who will then allow that person entrance into Heaven. These works vary depending on the religion, and may include doing one’s best to stop sinning, doing a certain amount of good deeds, water baptism, observing certain sacraments, prayer, observing certain holy days etc... None of these works of religion provide the individual with any degree of certainty as to where they will spend eternity. The most that can be hoped for is that one’s good works will outweigh the bad and God will allow them entrance into Heaven.

But according to the Word of God, there is something that prevents man from having access to God on his own. That problem is sin. A holy God cannot allow sin into Heaven. The Word of God declares that all men and women are sinners. Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:10, "As it is written, there are none righteous, no not one." And the bad news does not end there. According to the Word of God there is a penalty for sin. Ezekiel 18:20, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death. The penalty for sin is death." This includes not only physical death, but eternal punishment in a place called Hell. Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed unto men to die once, and after this the judgment." Revelation 20:1, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast in the lake of fire. Committing just one sin would be enough to send a soul to Hell forever."

The Word of God makes it clear that we can never hope to justify ourselves through our good works. Isaiah 64:6, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." Galatians 2:16, "For by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." If all men are sinners and God cannot allow sin into his presence, then how can one ever hope to make it into Heaven when they die? So far we seem to have an insurmountable problem. The only way for sin to be pardoned is through the shedding of blood. Hebrews 9:22b, "and without the shedding of blood there is no remission." Thankfully, God himself provided man a way to escape eternal punishment in Hell and a way to Heaven. Romans 5:8,9, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

According to the Word of God, God the Son came to the earth in the form of a man, the Lord Jesus Christ, and offered himself as a blood sacrifice for the sins of every man, woman, and child that will ever live. After the Lord Jesus Christ died and shed his blood on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, he was buried in a tomb, and three days later he rose bodily from the dead as proof that God the Father accepted his Son’s payment for our sins. The shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is known as the gospel, which means the good news. The good news is that our sin penalty has been paid in full through the Lord Jesus Christ’s death on the cross and shed blood, burial, and resurrection from the dead. 

The Lord Jesus Christ now offers everyone eternal life as a free gift through faith in the gospel. I Corinthians 15:1-4, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." Romans 3:25, "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God." Romans 5:1, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Surely you realize that you are a sinner. Right now, in the quietness of your mind, place your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ’s death on the cross and shed blood, burial, and resurrection from the dead as the full payment for your sins. Trust in the gospel of Jesus Christ as your only hope of heaven. The moment that you do, you have at that second and forever, everlasting life which can never be taken away no matter what. I John 5:13, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."