What is the Gospel – Discipleship

About Course

The Bible tells God’s story, and invites us into it. In the New Testament, God’s story gets framed by the word“gospel.” “Gospel” literally means good news! As Jesus followers, we never grow past the importance of the gospel, but we only grow deeper into it. Therefore, it is crucial for Jesus followers to know and understand not only what the gospel is, but our right response to it, how it changes every part of our lives, and how we canshare God’s story with others and invite them into it.This session will help you think about your current understanding of the gospel and highlight key aspects of the gospel that are crucial to recognize and think about.

Course Content

SESSION 1: WHAT IS THE GOSPEL
The Bible tells God’s story, and invites us into it. In the New Testament, God’s story gets framed by the word “gospel.” “Gospel” literally means good news! As Jesus followers, we never grow past the importance of the gospel, but we only grow deeper into it. Therefore, it is crucial for Jesus followers to know and understand not only what the gospel is, but our right response to it, how it changes every part of our lives, and how we can share God’s story with others and invite them into it. This session will help you think about your current understanding of the gospel and highlight key aspects of the gospel that are crucial to recognize and think about.

SESSION 2: THE GOSPEL CENTERS ON GOD
God has spoken to us through His Word. The Bible is our ultimate authority for all things, including the message of the gospel. As we seek to grow in our understanding of the gospel of Jesus, we will look first at what the Bible says about God who is the beginning of all life and creation. We will not understand our lives or salvation without knowing God. This session will help you gain a clearer understanding of how the apostles defined and described the gospel message as a whole, and why it must center on God, not ourselves.

SESSION 3: THE GOSPEL IS JESUS IN MY PLACE
Our sin is nothing less than an affront before a holy and perfect God: a blatant rejection and rebellion against our Creator. Yet even then, God has made a way for us to be made right with Him. Jesus, God Himself, became a man, lived a sinless life, and died the death that sinners deserved on the cross. This session will help give you a clear understanding of what sin is, how we are to respond to it, and how Jesus’ sinless life and sacrificial death provide salvation from it.

SESSION 4: THE GOSPEL REQUIRES A RESPONSE
God makes a way for us to be made right with Him through Jesus. This salvation is offered to us by grace through faith in Christ, and we have access to this by repentance, or turning from our sins, and trusting in Jesus’ work on the cross to save us. God adopts us into His family and transfers us to the kingdom of His Son. This session will help you grow in your understanding of faith and repentance as the proper response to the gospel, and will lead you to think about the kingdom of God that is here and is coming.

SESSION 5: THE GOSPEL SHAPES ALL OF LIFE
In 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul says that the gospel is “of first importance.” As Christians, it is crucial for us to consider whether or not the gospel is also of first importance in our li ves. Being a Christian is not just like a name tag that we wear, but it is the entire new life that we live. Jesus changes everything about our lives. This session aims to help you remember the centrality of the cross to the gospel that we proclaim and to consider whether or not the reality of the gospel is shaping every aspect of your life.

SESSION 6: HELPING OTHERS TAKE A NEXT STEP
The Christian life is not meant to be a solo sport; we were saved into the community of the redeemed. Whether you are a brand new believer or have been a Christian for a long time who is taking a next step of growth and maturity, we each have the responsibility and opportunity to help others grow as disciples of Jesus. This session will help you consider how to develop a plan to help someone else take a next step of obedience in their pursuit of Jesus.

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