Gospel

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The Gospel (or Gospel) is the miraculous message that God in Jesus Christ died the death we should have died and imputed to us the life we should have lived, His own. Put more simply, Jesus is the gospel, the good news. In learning about the life and character of Jesus, we are learning the about the gospel. As such, biographies of Him are called Gospels. These recollections of His earthly ministry are a unique form of literature, present only in Christianity. In such a Gospel Account, the author is attempting to persuade the reader of the divinity of Christ and historicity of His life.

"The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy."
-John Piper, [1]

Parts

Gospel
Words
Greek ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ
Hebrew בשורת
Latin EVANGELIUM
Concepts
Super Word of God
Sub Gospel Account
Related Evangelism

Simon Gathercole distills a three-point outline that both Paul and the Synoptic writers held in common. [2] He writes that Paul's good news was, first, that Jesus was the promised Messianic King and Son of God come to earth as a servant, in human form. (Romans 1:3,4; Philippians 2:4ff.)

Second, by his death and resurrection, Jesus atoned for our sin and secured our justification by grace, not by our works (1 Corinthians 15:3ff.) Third, on the cross Jesus broke the dominion of sin and evil over us (Colossians 2:13-15) and at his return he will complete what he began by the renewal of the entire material creation and the resurrection of our bodies (Romans 8:18ff.)

Order

THE PROBLEM SYSTEM THE GROUND which
makes
THE SOLUTION which
makes
THE GOAL
S I N "C H R I S T I A N" Gospel God is Towards Us Us be Towards God Us Act
Armenianism God is Towards Us Us Act Us are Towards God
A N G S T E X I S T E N T I A L Nietzsche We are Towards God God be Towards Us Us Act
Kierkegaard We are Towards God Us Act God be Towards Us
ALIENATION H U M A N I S T Heathen We Act Us be Towards God God be Towards Us
Pelegian We Act God be Towards Us Us be Toward God
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  1. The Gospel in Six Minutes
  2. "The Gospel of Paul and the Gospel of the Kingdom" in God's Power to Save, ed. Chris Green Apollos/Inter-Varsity Press, UK, 2006.