Our assignment for the women's study tonight was to put the gospel in our own words. This is my 2nd attempt. Upon reading it, it seems to be rather TULIP-ish. I am a sinner by nature and practice. I was born an enemy of God and was blind to that fact. Because of this, I was separated from a perfect and holy God, my Creator and the One who held my life together. My sin needed to be punished, because I had violated God's just law, and my life needed to be perfect to stand in the presence of His holiness. There was absolutely no way I could meet those requirements, even if I tried my very best. But in mercy, God chose to redeem me before I was born. This was not based on any goodness in me or any future actions on my part. God the Son came to this earth and became a man. Fully God and fully Man, Jesus lived the perfect life that God required which I could never live. He died the death that I deserved, bearing God's righteous anger for my sin. Not just my own, but the ...