1.) IT IS THE “GOOD NEWS” FROM GOD HIMSELF (ROM. 1:16)

a.) Many are ashamed of the Gospel; Because of:

1.) Fear of intellectual shame (1 Cor. 1:25, 30; Ro. 11:33-34; 1 Cor. 3:18-20; James 3:17; 1 Sam. 2:3; Isa. 40:28;
Dan. 2:22)
2.) Fear of social shame (2 Tim. 1:7-9; 1 Pet. 4:14; Prov. 29:25; Isa. 51:12)

2.) IT IS THE POWER OF GOD TO SAVE (ROM. 1:16)

a.) All who believe
b.) All nationalities, both Jew and Greek (Jn. 7:37; Ro. 10:12-13; 2 Tim. 2:4)
c.) Salvation means:

1.) Deliverance from being lost (Mt. 18:11-12; Lk. 19:10; Jn. 5:14, 10:9)                                                                          2.) Deliverance from Sin (Mt. 1:21; Lk. 7:50; Jn. 3:17, 12:47; Eph. 2:8-9; 2 Tim. 1:9-10)
3.) Deliverance in the future (Ro. 8:23-24; 1 Thess. 5:9-10; 2 Tim. 4:18; 1 Pet. 1:3-5, 9)
4.) Deliverance from enemies and danger (Mt. 8:25-27, 14:30-31; Lk. 1:69, 71; Acts 27:34; Heb. 11:7; 2 Pet. 3:10-15)
5.) To make well, to heal to restore to health (Mt. 9:20-22; Mk. 10:51-52; Acts 4:9-10; James 5:15)

3.) IT IS THE REVELATION OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS (ROM. 1:17)

a.) The Problem: Man’s unrighteousness (Mt. 5:20; 2 Cor. 5:21)
b.) The Answer: “Faith” (Gen. 15:6; Acts 13:39; Ro. 3:28, 4:3, 23-24, 5:1; 1 Cor. 6:11; Gal. 3:24; Mt. 24:13)

“Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe; sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow”. -Hymn