Transcript of Ken Ham in a YouTube interview with Justin Peters, posted 2/6/24 (slightly edited):

If I’m going to give a gospel presentation, you know where we should start? We should start with the Book of Genesis.

And the reason is because we have the foundations to understand the gospel right there. In fact, the first time the gospel was ever preached is Genesis 3:15, where God promised a Savior because of our sin. Because we in Adam sinned against God. Death came into the world. And then that means we’re separated from God spiritually, and our bodies die.

But that’s not the end of it. The scripture makes it clear after death comes a judgment. So as sinners, we can’t live with a holy God.

But God back there in Genesis 3:15, promised that someone would come who would crush the serpent, who would pay the penalty for our sin, be raised from the dead, and offer the free gift of salvation.

And so Genesis sets the foundation – who made us, what our problem is – sin. The consequence of that, our bodies die. Everyone is going to die. Everyone reading this is going to die. But it’s your body that dies. It’s a tent that you live in but the real you isn’t going to die. And the Bible says that if you have received a free gift of salvation because God promised a Savior, and that Savior came 4,000 years later, actually.

After creation, a Savior came. God stepped into history as a man, to be the Babe in a manger. The God man, the perfect man – ‘cos a man brought sin and death into the world.

A man would have to pay the penalty for sin and death but it can’t be one of us. We are sinners. So God stepped into history and the person of his Son to be the perfect man to pay the penalty for sin, death on the cross. He conquered the devil. But He was raised from the dead. He has ultimate power. And then for those who put their faith and trust in him, then receive a free gift of salvation, then when we die, we spend eternity with him.

And the Bible has a warning that if you have not received that free gift to salvation, it says there’ll be a second death. With that second death is eternal separation from God.

And that’s why I always say to people, the Bible talks about Christians being born again, born again of the Spirit of God, to put our faith and trust in Him.

If you’re not born again, if you’re not born twice, you’re born as a human and then born again by the Spirit of God. If you’re not born twice, the Bible says, you will have a second death. You’ll die twice. But if you’re born again, you only die once. And then go to spend eternity with Him. And I pray that everyone understands. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, you believe God has raised him from the dead, you repent of your sin.

Receive that free gift of salvation, you’ll be saved for eternity. No one can take it away from you and you will know that’s what the scripture says. You will know that you have eternal life with the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s what it’s all about. There’s no other important message in the entire universe.