We believe in the historic view of Christianity, that everyone sins against God. Theologians would call this the doctrine of total depravity. This puts us all in the same boat… guilty. We can try to cover up, hide behind or justify our sins, but at the end of the day, they remain. When we live in habitual sin, we live at odds with the One who created us. That won’t work out too well for very long. Why? Because sin separates us from God and cannot go unpunished.
The good news is that God in His mercy and grace doesn’t leave us in our sins without help. He crafted an amazing redemptive plan to send His Son, Jesus, to take our punishment upon Himself by dying on a cross. He then raised Jesus on the third day, providing evidence that His plan had been accomplished. If we believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection, our sins are FORGIVEN and we are put back in right standing with God. The sin that separated us from God is eliminated and we can draw close to the One who created the universe. Instantaneously we can have life and hope.
And that is the gospel. We have life and hope because our sins have been FORGIVEN. It isn’t by anything we have done or earned or discovered. It’s by Jesus, the Great Substitute. This leads us to a lifelong commitment of loving and serving the One who saved us by His grace.
Believers in the gospel, like us at Speak Truth Cafe, spend our lives seeking to know more about Him through His Word and living out His mission as outlined through His commandments.
