Define "The Gospel"

[TugOwar]

In your opinion, What is The Gospel?

Is it simply, Jesus Saves? Does it include more?

Does it go as far as, Mankind is naturally sinful and Jesus Saves?

Perhaps it includes more? Maybe, God loves you, mankind is naturally sinful and Jesus Saves?

Maybe The Gospel includes everything from Genesis to Revelation?

Your thoughts?

[TasManOfGod]

To me it means the "Good News" that Jesus has come to give us all the blessings of the Law without the need for the blood of animals so that if thru our diobedience to the precpts of the Law given by God, our sins are "blotted out" thru Jesus Christ - not just "covered"

[eldermike]

In the last chapter of Luke Jesus revealed the truth of all scripture that existed at that point in time. Before He did this the 2 on the road to Emmaus thought that Jesus let them down because He didn't deliver them from the Romans. They heard it, saw it and lived it ,but did not understand it. It took all of scripture, an open heart and mind and God, to reveal this truth.
The gospel = All scripture, a submitted life and the Holy Spirit. Take any of these away and the hearer will hear a different gospel.

[Gunny]

The gospel = All scripture, a submitted life and the Holy Spirit. Take any of these away and the hearer will hear a different gospel.

Amen, Eldermike!!!

[Knight]

Gospel = Good News.


Maybe I'm being too literal.... :) :D

[BarbB]

Hey, Knight - good to see you again!

Can't get too literal in this forum! :P

[Svt4Him]

The gospel needs the bad news to show it's good news.

If I come up to you and say I just paid a $50,000 ticket on your behalf, you may thank me, or you may be insulted that I think you had such a fine.

If I came and said there was a blind children's convention, and you went speeding through, the law clocked you going way over the speed, and you almost hit a child, so there's a $50,000 fine you owe, then tell you I've paid it on your behalf, it makes the news good.

[Lynn73]

This is the gospel:

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep F58 (http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?passage=1co+15:3&version=kjv&context=1&showtools=1#F58) in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.The good news that Jesus died for our sins and rose again and through faith in Him we can have eternal life.

[Terri]

I agree Lynn. :clap:

It is so important that we understand the simplicity and the importance some times of knowing nothing "except Jesus Christ and Him crucified!"

This is the good news and without that knowledge no one can become a Christian!!

It is also so important to realize that Jesus paid for ALL of our sins and there is absolutely nothing that we can do to have sins forgiven other than accepting Jesus sacrifice.

[Marissa]

We're sinners.
Jesus died for our sins so we don't have to.
We need to repent and make Jesus our Lord and Saviour.

All sections are needed for salvation, so all are apart of the gospel.

[rooster]

To me i think the salvific gospel starts(Technically) at Genisis 3:14 and is the theme throughout the bible

[tqpix]

To me, the Gospels are the New Testament scriptures that tells the life and story of our LORD and saviour Jesus Christ--Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. :)