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What Is the Gospel?

Everyone faces struggles. But there is an answer that can give you everlasting hope. We are deeply loved by our Heavenly Father. He created us to walk with Him and to experience His peace. However, sin entered the world and formed a divide between us and God—a gap too wide for us to cross on our own. But God, in His great love, made a way through His son, Jesus Christ.

Watch this video and discover how you can truly know God—starting today.

Know Jesus As Your Savior

The Bible is the foundation for Christianity. It contains the answers to all of life’s vital questions and changes the very lens of the worldview through which we view reality. Most importantly, it teaches us how to have a true, meaningful relationship with God.

These verses illustrate the plan of salvation:

God loves you

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

All are sinners

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one.”

Romans 3:10

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:23

God's remedy for sin

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

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.

1 Corinthians 15:3, 4

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8, 9

Your response

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

Receiving Christ

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Mark 1:15

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

John 1:12

Lives Changed by God’s Word

The message of hope through Jesus Christ has the unique ability to transform lives in ways no other book can. We believe you’ll be inspired by the testimonies of these individuals whose lives were radically changed after they encountered a copy of God’s Word, provided through The Gideons.

Saraswathy received a Testament from The Gideons while in boarding school in South India. Feeling lonely, she began reading it and found comfort and truth. Her questions about God led to deep conversations, and she began secretly attending church—despite her father’s strong opposition. She stood firm in her faith, was later baptized, and now serves as a government school headmistress and Auxiliary member. That Testament, she says, led her to Christ and changed her life.

Saraswathy

India

As a student, Barbara received a Testament from The Gideons at Dietrich Elementary. Decades later, after a night of drinking and deep despair, she considered suicide. Remembering that Testament as a “road map for life,” she read it cover to cover before making any decision. By morning, she had sobered up, felt hope, and sold her gun. She says that Testament saved her life—and she’ll never forget the gift of God’s Word.

Barbara

California

While battling alcoholism, an attorney named Ben stayed in his Washington, D.C., hotel room instead of going to the bar. Finding only static on TV, he opened the bedside drawer and discovered a Bible from The Gideons. That night, he “relearned” John 3:16. Back home, Ben began reading Scripture and sharing it with others. On January 31, 1978, he received Jesus as his Savior. Years later, a man he’d shared a Bible with also came to faith—both journeys sparked by that hotel room Bible.

Ben

Washington, D.C.

Haingo was an atheist and street magician who burned Scriptures he received from Gideons—except one. He kept a copy to help him learn English, but as he read it, the Holy Spirit touched his heart. Haingo surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and later became a passionate pastor in the town of Vatomandry, Madagascar. What began as a tool for language learning became the spark of his salvation. Glory to God for his transformed life!

Haingo

Madagascar

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Hope Is Found in God’s Word

What Is the Gospel?

Know Jesus As Your Savior

God loves you

John 3:16

Romans 5:8

All are sinners

Romans 3:10

Romans 3:23

God's remedy for sin

Romans 6:23

1 Corinthians 15:3, 4

Ephesians 2:8, 9

Your response

Romans 10:9

1 John 1:9

Revelation 3:20

Receiving Christ

Mark 1:15

John 1:12

Lives Changed by God’s Word

Saraswathy

Barbara

Ben

Haingo

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