In our world today, many false gospels are competing for our attention. The true Gospel is GREAT NEWS, because it is the only path to beauty, freedom, joy, and abundant life in Christ now and for all eternity.

The alluring invitations of false gospels:

1. The Religious Gospel: Trust Jesus to accept your efforts to do right and avoid wrong.
2. The Prosperity Gospel: Trust Jesus to make you healthy, wealthy, and prosperous.
3. The Consumer Gospel (The "Me, Me, Me" Gospel): Trust Jesus to meet all your needs (according to your wants and expectations).
4. The All-Inclusive, Progressive Gospel: Trust Jesus to accept you (and everyone else) just as you are no matter what.
5. The Do-Gooder (Social Action / "I'm a Good Person") Gospel: Trust Jesus to accept you because you are being nice and doing good.
6. The Smorgasbord (all religions are valid) Gospel: Trust in your spiritual truth and you will get to heaven as you understand it.
7. The Secular Gospel: You don't need Jesus. Trust yourself.
8. The "I've Got Plenty of Time" Gospel: I'm young. I don't need to think about eternity yet.

The twofold invitation of the Gospel of Salvation in Jesus Christ:

1. Trust in Jesus as Savior: Receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
2. Follow Jesus as Lord: Receive the gift of sanctification by grace through faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

"By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you." -1 Corinthians 15:2