The gospel announces the good news that Jesus Christ has accomplished the redemption of the whole world. In Christ, all the barriers that separate sinful human beings from fellowship with the holy God have been broken down. God himself offered up the perfect sacrifice of his Son, which fulfilled once for all his holy demands and declared sinners to be righteous and acceptable to him. Because Christ, the God-man, lived the perfect life in every person’s place, because he bore God’s
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