The Bible ultimately tells us one main overarching story, the Gospel. The Gospel is the true story about where all things including history have come from, and where all things are heading toward. Simply put, the Gospel can be explained in four major realities of this story, which is our story, and your story:
CREATION
FALL
REDEMPTION
NEW CREATION
RESPONSE
You may be asking: How can I take hold of this promise of restored relationship with God for myself?
It really is simple. God’s promise of restored relationship is a free gift to us that we can freely have, if we will just take hold of it. Here’s how:
1) Repent—Repent means to turn away from sin and rebellion against God’s rightful authority as Creator, which has resulted in our being enemies with God in broken relationship. It also means that we must turn to God to be restored to right relationship with Him.
2) Believe—We must come to believe (that is trust) that God has acted to restore our relationship with Him through giving His Son, Jesus, to live a righteous life for us and to die a sinner’s death for us. We must believe that God raised Jesus from that death to offer us eternal life with Him in restored relationship as His child.
3) Obey—When we turn from our rebellion against God and turn to be restored to Him through trusting in Jesus Christ, God gives us His Spirit so that we may live out that restored relationship by following after and obeying all that God has commanded us through Jesus Christ, His Son.
We would encourage you to find a local gathering of Jesus’ people called a church that preaches this same Gospel and make your trust in Jesus public by professing Jesus as Lord and Savior. That church can help you and encourage you in learning how to follow all that Jesus has commanded. We here at RABC would welcome you here and/or help you find a Gospel church nearer to your location. May you be found trusting in our Great Savior, Jesus Christ!