Jesus is the son God, one third of the trinity.  Jesus was wholly man and wholly God while he was on on earth.  He was born of a virgin and lived a perfect sinless obediant life.   He was accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death on a cross.  He died, was buried and rose from the dead three days later.  He was seen by more than 500 people including His disciples.  He took the wrath of God toward humanity upon himself so that we, as sinners, could be called the children of God through adoption and be grafted in to the family of God.  

What do we need to be saved From?

A broken relationship. Have you ever made a mistake that destroyed a relationship where there was nothing you could do to restore it? Maybe it was with a friend, sibling, parent, child or spouse. Lets say it was one of your in laws. Which puts your spouse in the middle, forcing them to play the peacemaker. They speak on your behalf, guilty as you are, and persuade the offended one, to forgive you. Sounds impossible, right?

Have you ever watched one of those shows on HGTV where they take a old run down house and restore it into something even better than it was when it was first built? That is what Jesus does, He is in the relationship restoration business and He is the master at it. He doesn’t stop at just restoring your relationship with His father, He will help you restore all of your relationships.

Our broken relationship with God, the Father, is the same way. We need some good news, that is the Gospel. The good news is that God sent a mediator, Jesus.

Romans 3:23 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

What exactly is the Gospel?

The Gospel tells us there is nothing we can do to restore our relationship with God. Because He wanted it restored more than we did, He asked Jesus to help us. And Jesus said ok, I am willing to pay the price. This is why He did what He did.

Why, because God is Kind and He loves us.

Romans 2:4 NKJV

4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Titus 3:4 NKJV

4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

John 3:16-18 NKJV

16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

What exactly did Jesus do?

1 Corinthians 15:3-5 NKJV

3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

Jesus took the penalty of our sin upon His body, the full wrath of His father. A crown of thorns, a horrific beating, whipped until His back was completely shredded, naked, carried a cross while a crowd spit and cursed Him. You can read the full detail in these books.

Matthew 27:32-56

Mark 15:21-38

Luke 23:26-49

John 19:16-37