Spread The Gospel As Christ Commanded You To Do *KJ-52*

The blood of Jesus Christ atoned for our sins, yours and mine. For "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." (Hebrews 9:22) Jesus' blood was shed for the sins of all people that "come to the foot of the cross" and ask for forgiveness of their sins. "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) Jesus became the atonement for our sins.

But Jesus did not stay in the tomb. After resting in the tomb over the Sabbath, He rose on the third day (Sunday), just as He had foretold. The stone that covered the tomb was enormous (13' 2" in diameter and nearly 2 feet thick) and was held in place by a iron chain attached to two ~2 inch diameter iron pins in the rock of the tomb. The tomb was guarded by a large number of soldiers. But it didn't matter. The angel sent to release Him, tossed aside the tomb stone shearing off the iron pins, and called to Jesus to come forth. The life inherent in Jesus as the Son of God, brought Him back to life. Jesus rose from the dead. He conquered death for us, for you and me, so that we also might have eternal life.

Jesus showed Himself many times over the next 40 days to His disciples and other followers. Over 500 people saw Him at one time (1 Corinthians 15:6). Then while all His disciples were looking on, He began to ascend to heaven. And a cloud took Him from their sight. Two angels gave them this marvelous promise,

"Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven." (Acts 1:11)

Jesus told his disciples,

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:1-3)

What a beautiful promise! Jesus has promised to come back to this earth and will take his people home with Him to heaven!

Many prophecies in the Bible (especially in the New Testament), give details of Jesus Second Coming.

Jesus followers began spreading the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. That through Him, we might have our sins atoned for and might receive the eternal life that that had been lost when Adam sinned. The good news that our sins can be forgiven, that they can be blotted out of the record books.

What a sinner has to do is to:

repent of (turn from) his sins, asking for God's forgiveness, acknowledge Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah and accept Him as his personal savior, be publicly baptized by immersion, symbolizing his death to sin and his resurrection with Christ into new life, walk as Jesus would have him or her walk, in obedience to God's commands, spread the good news of salvation to others, leading them to also be disciples (followers) for God. Just before his ascension, Jesus gave his disciples this commission:

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matt. 28:18-20.

Christ makes life so much better

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