Christmas Gospel

Here is the familiar nativity story in the Bible.

Luke 2:8-12
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” (ESV)

Why is the birth of Jesus good news of great joy? The Bible gives us the reason, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.” A Saviour! Wow, what does this Saviour save us from?

What does Jesus save us from?
Answer: Jesus saved us from our sins.
Matthew 1:21
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." (ESV)

How does He save us?
Answer: He saves us by dying for our sins.
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (KJV)
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (KJV)
1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (KJV)

How do we know that we are sinners?
Answer: Because all of us received the wages of sin, which is death.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (KJV)

So what? When I die, and everything is over.
Answer: There will be judgement after death.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (KJV)

I am not afraid of judgement. I am a good person.
Answer: No one is good because nobody is perfect.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous? (ESV)
Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (KJV)
Psalm 53:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. (KJV)
Psalm 14:3
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (KJV)
Psalm 53:3
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (KJV)
Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. (KJV)
Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin"?( NLT)
Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. (KJV)
Roman 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (KJV)
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (KJV)
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (KJV)

Ok. I did made some mistakes. But I also do charity.
Answer: You righteousness does not count in the eyes of God.
Job 22:3
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? (ESV)
Isaiah 64:6
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. (ESV)

If nothing I do pleases God, then I have no hope.
Answer: Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy. You can be saved by believing in Jesus.
Luke 2:10-11
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (KJV)
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. (KJV)
1 Corinthians 15:3-8
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. (ESV)

Is there any other way?
Answer: No.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (KJV)
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (KJV)
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (ESV)

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (ESV)