Hope and Help

A Message of Hope and Help

1. God created all things. 
   • (Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.)
2. God is eternal. 
3. Man sinned against God. 
4. Sin brings death and destruction. 
   • Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
5. We have all sinned. 
   • Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
6. Sin has a penalty.
   • Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
   • Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 
   • 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
7. God's plan
   • God is a trinity - The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 
   • God the Son is Jesus, and was sent to pay the price for our sin.
     • Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
     • Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.) 
   • What motivated God to send His son? God loves YOU! 
     • Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
     • John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
8. The Gospel
   • Jesus is alive! 
     • 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
   • Believe on and receive Jesus. 
     • Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
   • Turn to Jesus. Not by works or religion. Faith in Jesus alone! 
     • Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
   • You are a whosoever! Call out to Jesus to save you. 
     • Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
9. God gives purpose. There is HOPE and HELP in Jesus.