THE GOOD NEWS...THE GOSPEL.. The term gospel is found ninety-nine times in the NASB and ninety-two times in the NET Bible. In the Greek New Testament, gospel is the translation of the Greek noun euangelion (occurring 76 times) “good news,” and the verb euangelizo (occurring 54 times), 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.... The central truth of the gospel is that God has provided a way of salvation for men through the gift of His son to the world. He suffered as a sacrifice for sin, overcame death, and now offers a share in His triumph to all who will accept it.... The gospel is good news because it is a gift of God, not something that must be earned by penance or by works... Jn 3:16; Rom 5:8–11; In 1 Corinthians 15:1-5, the apostle Paul summarizes the basic ingredients of the gospel message, namely, the death, burial, resurrection, and appearances of the resurrected Christ.... Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve… While *gospel* is often found alone, it is very often modified by various terms that focus on a particular aspect of the gospel..... (1) The gospel of Jesus Christ ...Mark 1:1; 1 Cor. 9:12 the gospel of His Son Rom. 1:9... These two descriptions speak of the good news of salvation that comes through the person and work of Jesus Christ who is the very Son of God in human flesh. This is a good news of deliverance from sin’s penalty, power and presence through the two advents of Christ. (2) The gospel of the grace of God.... Acts 20:24 This emphasizes that salvation in all of its aspects is on the basis of grace rather than on some meritorious system of works. (3) The gospel of the kingdom.... Matt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14 **This is the good news that God will establish His kingdom on EARTH through the two advents of the Lord Jesus Christ. (4) The gospel of peace Eph. 6:15... This describes how this good news of salvation in Christ brings peace in all its many aspects (peace with God, the peace of God, peace with others, and world peace) through the victory accomplished by the Savior... (5) The eternal or everlasting gospel Rev.... 14:6 This expands our perspective of gospel as we normally think of it... Descriptive phrases: “the gospel of God” Rom 15:16.... “the gospel of Jesus Christ,” I Cor 9:12...., “the gospel of his Son” Rom 1:9.... “the gospel of the kingdom “ Mt 4:23; 9:35; 24:14 “the gospel of the grace of God” Acts 20:24 “the gospel of the glory of Christ” II Cor 4:4, “the gospel of peace” Eph 6:15 “an eternal gospel” Rev 14:6, Although distinctive aspects of the message are indicated by the various modifiers, the gospel is essentially ONE... Paul speaks of “another gospel” which is not an equivalent, for the gospel of God is His revelation, not the result of discovery ..Gal 1:6–11
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