This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

 (vi) The gospel is the word of grace ( Acts 14:3; Acts 20:32). It is the good news of God's generous and undeserved love for man; it is the news that man is not saddled with the impossible task of earning God's love but is freely offered it. 