Gospel made simple

By Jim Killebrew

[January 20, 2015]  I was reading about the components of a story; I learned the following:  A story is a design in five parts: The Inciting Incident, the first major event of the telling, is the primary cause for all that follows, putting into motion the other four elements – Progressive Complications, Crisis, Climax, Resolution.

Here is a one sentence example of the Greatest Story ever told using these five components:

 

God created man; (Inciting Incident)

 

man sinned against God, the sin brought death into the creation; (Progressive Complications)

 

mankind was separated from a relationship with God; (Crisis)

 

mankind was completely lost and had no hope of survival;  (Climax)

then, God provided Grace through the death of Jesus Christ His Son on the cross to save mankind.  (Resolution) 

 

Summary

 

Jesus conquered death by being resurrected by God's power and mankind regained a way for relationship with God as they repented, believed God and yielded to Him.

[By JIM KILLEBREW]