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Today's question is,

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What is the gospel?

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In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective.

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Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

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The word gospel literally means good news and occurs 93 times in the Bible, exclusively

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in the New Testament.

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In Greek, it is the word euangelion, from which we get our English words evangelist,

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evangel, and evangelical.

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The gospel is, broadly speaking, the whole of Scripture.

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More narrowly, the gospel is the good news concerning Christ and the way of salvation.

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The key to understanding the gospel is to know why it's good news.

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To do that, we must start with the bad news.

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The Old Testament law was given to Israel during the time of Moses.

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The law can be thought of as a measuring stick, and sin is anything that falls short of perfect

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according to that standard.

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The righteous requirement of the law is so stringent that no human being could possibly

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follow it perfectly, in letter or in spirit.

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Despite our goodness or badness relative to each other, we are all in the same spiritual

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boat.

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sinned, and the punishment for sin is death—that is, separation from God, the source of life.

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In order for us to go to heaven, God's dwelling place, and the realm of life and light, sin

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must be somehow removed or paid for The Law established the fact that cleansing from sin can only happen through the bloody sacrifice of an innocent life The gospel involves Jesus death on the cross as

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the sin offering to fulfill the law's righteous requirement. Under the law, animal sacrifices were

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offered year after year as a reminder of sin and a symbol of the coming sacrifice of Christ.

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Christ.

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When Christ offered Himself at Calvary, that symbol became a reality for all who would

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believe.

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The work of atonement is finished now, and that's good news.

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The gospel also involves Jesus' resurrection on the third day.

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He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification

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.

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The fact that Jesus conquered sin and death since penalty is good news indeed.

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The fact that He offers to share that victory with us is the greatest news of all.

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The elements of the gospel are clearly stated in 1 Corinthians 15, verses 3-6, a key passage

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concerning the good news of God.

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"'For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance—that Christ died

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for our sins, according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on

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the third day, according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas and then to

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the Twelve.

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After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the

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same time, most of whom are still living."

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Notice first that Paul received the gospel and then passed it on This is a divine message not a man invention Second the gospel is of first importance Everywhere the apostles went they preached

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the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Third, the message of the gospel is accompanied by

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proofs. Christ died for our sins , and He rose again the third day

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. Fourth, all this was done according to the Scriptures.

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The theme of the whole Bible is the salvation of mankind through Christ. The Bible is the gospel.

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to

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everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Gentile .

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The gospel is a bold message, and we are not ashamed of proclaiming it. It is a powerful

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message because it is God's good news. It is a saving message, the only thing that can truly

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reform the human heart. It is a universal message for Jews and Gentiles both. And the gospel is

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received by faith. Salvation is the gift of God. The gospel is the good news that God loves the

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world enough to give His only Son to die for our sin. The gospel is good news because our salvation

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and eternal life and home in heaven are guaranteed through Christ. He has given us new birth,

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into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an

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inheritance that can never perish spoil or fade This inheritance is kept in heaven for you The gospel is good news when we understand that we do not and cannot earn our salvation

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The work of redemption and justification is complete, having been finished on the cross.

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Jesus is the propitiation for our sins.

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The gospel is the good news that we, who were once enemies of God, have been reconciled

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by the blood of Christ and adopted into the family of God.

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See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of

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God, and that is what we are .

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The gospel is the good news that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ

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Jesus .

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To reject the gospel is to embrace the bad news.

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Condemnation before God is the result of a lack of faith in the Son of God, God's only

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provision for salvation.

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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world

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through Him.

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Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned

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already, because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son .

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God has given a doomed world good news—the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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