At the 2009 Desiring God Conference for Pastors Mark Dever challenged the audience to be able to present the gospel in 60 seconds or less. During Q&A he was asked to do the same. Here is his response:
"There is one God, He made us. He made us in His image, He made us good. We have sinned against him, we have fallen. God would be just and good to judge us eternally. But, in His amazing love, the eternal Son of God has taken on flesh; an incarnate Jesus Christ fully man, fully God lived the life we should have lived, lived perfectly, died on the cross in the place of the sins- in the place of everyone who will repent of their sins and trust in Him, and God raised Him from the dead. He ascended into heaven. He will return in the same manner and he calls us to repent of our sins and trust in him and he will give us new life, he will fill us with his Spirit and give us the new birth and adopt us as his reconciled children forever."
Not bad for speaking extemporaneously. How would you summarize the gospel in 60 seconds or less? Would you add to or subtract from Dever's presentation? Is this a gospel presentation that is relevant to every culture in the world?
To the comment section we go (hopefully)!
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
P.S. In an earlier post I showed Piper's 6 minute gospel presentation. Here's the link if you're interested.
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God created man in His own image and likeness. He created us as good beings but the first man, Adam, committed sin against God and the curse that came on man because of sin included death; both spiritual death and eventual physical death. Adam’s sin has been passed down through all generations so that even we were born with an inclination to sin rather than to follow God. Sin is treason against a holy God and God, being perfectly just, must punish sin. However, God is also loving and merciful and sent His Son, Jesus Christ the God-man, to live a perfect live and die a sacrificial death on our behalf. Jesus bore the wrath that you and I cannot bear so that if you would repent of your sins and trust in Him alone for your salvation you can be saved from the wrath of God and declared to be righteous in God’s sight.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). Because of this God must punish sin for He is holy and just. All humans deserve death and eternal torment but in God's kindness He provided a way. Paul says it is of first importance to proclaim that Christ died, was buried and was raised on third day in accordance with the Scripture (1 Cor. 15:3-4). God sent His only Son to bear the wrath of the Father and the penalty of sin for those He came to save. "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out" (Acts 3:19). "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31).
Not sure if that is 60 seconds or not.
Grace upon grace,
JRL
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