Interact Close Bible Notes Important: You will NOT lose your data entered when you change to a different tab. This note will be displayed at bottom of your sermon note when you save to pdf or email them Prayer RequestClick here to open this form. Prayer RequestClick here to open this form. Go to Prayer Request Form Note: You will be redirected to a new browser tab to see this form. Once done, you can return to this notes page by pressing the back button on your phone. I'm NewClick here to open this form. I'm NewClick here to open this form. Go to I'm New Form Note: You will be redirected to a new browser tab to see this form. Once done, you can return to this notes page by pressing the back button on your phone. Week of January 5, 2025 Watch X Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Connection CardOpens in new tab. Click back button to return. Redemption Church The Gospel January 5, 2025 View Archives Reveal Blanks Main Scripture Reference(s) Mark 1:1-15, The Gospel January 5, 2025 / Logan Chagdes / Mark 1:1-15 / Redemption Church What is the gospel and why is it good news? (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) “We believe the Bible was written for us, that it’s for everyone of all times and places because it’s God’s Word. But it wasn’t written to us. It wasn’t written in our language, it wasn’t written with our culture in mind or our culture in view. Therefore, if we want to get the best benefit from the communication, we need to try to enter their world, hear it as the audience would have heard it and as the author would have meant it, and read it in those terms.” – John Walton “Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” – Mark 1:14-15 “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” – Mark 1:1 (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) Euangelion (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) The Gospel was and is about the active reign of a King (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) “Since Providence, which has ordered all things and is deeply interested in our life, has set in most perfect order by giving us Augustus, whom she filled with virtue that he might benefit humankind, sending him as a savior, both for us and for our descendants, that he might end war and arrange all things, and since he, Caesar, by his appearance (excelled even our anticipations), surpassing all previous benefactors, and not even leaving to posterity any hope of surpassing what he has done, and since the birthday of the god Augustus was the beginning of the good tidings [gospel] for the world that came by reason of him.” (The Calendar of Priene, Caesar Birthday announcement) (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) The gospel is not advice, its news. – Advice: often about someone telling us something to get a desired outcome. – News: the announcement of something important that has happened – resulting in the world being a different place. (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…” – 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” -Matthew 1:1 (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) Jesus is the fulfillment of our story His Kingdom is coming in this world, it is not of this world, but it is for this world. The crucifixion is Jesus’ inauguration as King (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) Gospel Takeaway: Jesus is both the messenger and reality of life in the Kingdom of God. (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL) DID YOU KNOW? Double click a sentence in your note above to highlight it or add your own note below it. Send to Email Enter your email address below to receive a copy of your filled in notes Send Save PDF Locally Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your device Generate File Click to View PDF Save PDF to Google Drive Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your Google Drive account(For Apple devices, use Chrome browser or go to SETTINGS>SAFARI and uncheck BLOCK POPUPS.) Save File