The Boots

The Good News of Jesus Christ

Man's Fall

The Lord God, Creator of everything, formed man from the dust in the beginning (Genesis 1). He made mankind in his image and likeness, and gave man a free will to choose right or wrong, love or hatred. The first man was Adam, and the first woman was Eve (Genesis 2). God gave Adam and Eve one commandment, and Eve, being deceived by Satan, chose to sin against God and break the commandment, with her husband Adam following suit. Because mankind chose sin(breaking God's law) over loving God and keeping his commands, the Lord, being pure, just, and holy, separated mankind from himself, but promised us a Savior who would come and crush Satan's head, reconciling man unto himself (Genesis 3).

God With Us

Thousands of years later, after many prophecies of the Christ (Messiah, Savior) were given by God through his holy prophets (2 Peter 1:21), Jesus Christ the only Son of God was born. Being God himself, he was born of a virgin woman (Mary) and was without sin (Matthew 1:23). He lived a perfect life, obeying the Father perfectly, always doing the things which pleased God (John 8:29). He worked many signs and miracles to prove his diety, by healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out devils (Luke 7:22-23). He gave us the commands of God to follow in his New Testament(Covenant) and laid down his life (John 15:13-15), shedding his blood as an atoning act for the remission of man's sin (Romans 5:11), to reconcile all those who believe in him unto the Father (John 3:13-17). He was buried, but rose from the dead after three days, and three nights (Matthew 12:40), ascending to heaven, and sitting at the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19). He will return in great power and glory, to cleanse the world of all evil and all sin outside of his word and ways, to establish his everlasting kingdom in righteousness, truth, and peace (Matthew 13:40-43).

Application

Before he returns, and according to his New Testament made with mankind, he calls all men to:

  1. Place their faith in him as the Lord, Savior, and Redeemer of mankind. (John 3:16, Mark 11:22)
  2. Repent to him by laying down their lives to obey his word, and his ways. (Mark 1:15, Luke 14:33)
  3. Be born again by the Spirit of God, which God gives to those who submit to him. (Acts 5:32, John 3:3)
  4. Conform by obedience, unto holiness, being sanctified by the Truth. (John 17:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:7)
  5. Endure in this saving faith, producing works of obedience unto eternal life. (Matthew 10:22, Colossians 1:21-23)

Any man that rejects the salvation plan of God will be judged and sent into everlasting punishment, eternally separated from their Creator (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). The Lord wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:3-4). He takes no pleasure in seeing men eternally perish and is willing to help you overcome all things to inherit life by his Son Jesus Christ (Ezekiel 33:11, John 16:33). You must, however, make the choice as Adam and Eve did, to serve God and to love him, or to go your own way into eternal separation (Joshua 24:15, Hebrews 5:9).

Warnings

Today, modern churches are offshoots of manmade denominational religion. Whether it be Lutheran, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Anabaptist, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. there are over 30,000 of these different denominations. Non-Denominational churches and house churches oftentimes have many of the same carry-overs and compromises as the denominational systems. With this in mind, there's only one truth, one Lord, one way, one word of God. The truth has no private interpretation (2 Peter 1:20) and must be protected and defended. Jesus said worshipping God in manmade religious ways voids your worship (Mark 7:6-9, John 4:24). Stay away from modern religion, and seek the truth and the Holy Spirit from God in his word (2 Corinthians 6:17-18).

The culture of Satan's world is designed to distract from the truth, and draw men into sin. Whether it be sports, politics, entertainment, college, fashion, materialism, church systems, pride, vanity, war, etc. he is the god of this world per the word of God (2 Corinthians 4:4). Jesus said the way to eternal life is narrow (Matthew 7:13-14), while Satan's world makes it wide open and broad. Remove yourself from Satan's culture, and conform your life to God's word in every way to be on the narrow truth path (Acts 26:18).

“Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.” (Ephesians 6:14-15, ESV)