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The gospel is good news because it brings a person into the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of Jesus Christ. He is not merely the rope that pulls us from the threatening waves; he is the solid beach under our feet, and the air in our lungs, and the beat of our heart, and the warm sun on our skin, and the song in our ears, and the arms of ...
The gospel is not just a sequence of steps (say, the "Four Laws" of Campus Crusade or the "Six Biblical Truths" of Quest for Joy). Those are essential. But what makes the gospel "good news" is that it connects a person with the "unsearchable riches of Christ." There is nothing in itself that makes "forgiveness of sins" good news.
That’s the gospel. You Can’t Outgrow the Gospel. You never, never, never outgrow your need for the gospel. Don’t ever think of the gospel as, “That’s the way you get saved, and then you get strong by leaving it and doing something else.” No! We are strengthened by God through the gospel every day, till the day we drop.
The gospel is a free offer to all for faith; Christ is offered to you for faith alone. Where do I see that? Verses 1–2: “I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received , in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.”
Here are six elements I see in that text on the gospel. If any one of these six is missing, we have no gospel. 1. The gospel is a divine plan. “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,” which were written hundreds of years before Christ died (1 Corinthians 15:3).
But I do not account my life” — this is Acts 20:24 now — “of any value nor as precious to myself, if only” — this is the one sense in which he does value his life — “I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”
Here’s a summary of the gospel to help you understand it and enjoy it and share it! 1) God created us for his glory. “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6–7).
Far better news the gospel brings: It bids us fly and gives us wings. If you know and love the Lord Jesus, the gospel — Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection — gives you wings. Satan wants you to think you’re still earthbound. Jesus, however, reminds you: it’s time to fly! New Identity. The gospel also tells us that we’ve been ...
So the gospel of grace (Acts 20:24) is what we preach to unbelievers, and the gospel of grace is what we preach to believers. That is what Paul says in Romans 1:15, “I am eager to preach the gospel to you [believers!] also who are in Rome.” Not to get them saved, but to keep them saved through sanctification.
God Created Us for His Glory “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6-7).