The Central Truth Of The Gospel

The gospel message is the news of Jesus Christ coming to the earth, dying, and rising from the dead for the atonement of our sins. According to the webster dictionary the gospel is “the teaching or revelation of Christ.” “Gospel” is the translation of the Greek noun euangelion “good news,” and the verb euangelizo, meaning “to bring or announce good news.” Both words are derived from the noun angelos, “messenger.” In classical Greek, an euangelos was one who brought a message of victory or other political or personal news that caused joy. Both the noun and the verb are used extensively in the New Testament. This demonstrates how it developed a Christian use and emphasis because of the glorious news. The central truth of the gospel is that God
The gospel is good news because it is a gift of God, not something that must be earned by penance or by self-improvement. John 3:16 says “For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” In 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, the apostle Paul summarizes the most basic facts of the gospel message, namely, the death, burial, resurrection, and appearances of the resurrected Christ. These verses give the heart of the gospel and show the that the resurrection is an important part of the gospel. Note that Paul described this as “of first importance”—a phrase that stresses priority, not time. The stress is on the centrality of these truths to the gospel message. Popular notions about the term ‘gospel’ tend to limit it to the message of how one person may receive eternal life through faith in Christ, but it is much broader than
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” (Romans 8:14-17). The two contrasting phrases used to differentiate the relationship that God wants are bondage and Abba, Father. Bondage refers to slavery while “Abba, Father” is a very personal reference to God as Father. Jesus the Christ used this term, “Abba, Father,” when He was praying in the garden before His greatest trial (Mark 14:36). This is the same approach God told us to take through Paul’s letter to the Romans. Romans 5:8 says “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Without Jesus dying for our sins a relationship with God would be non-existent. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” says Romans