The Gospel

The Gospel is the “Good News of Jesus Christ.” The Gospel is the biblical account of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Jesus is  God’s eternal Son. He entered the world as a human baby long ago in a small town named Bethlehem. He grew to be a Man, and died on a cross in about AD 33. Prior to His death, He taught people about the Kingdom of God, and healed many of their diseases. There was deep meaning in His death. St. Paul explains it like this: ”This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”  (I Timothy 1:15)

Who are these sinners that Christ came to save? We are. Every one of us is a sinner, according to Romans 3:23, “All have sinned.” To be a sinner is to have violated God’s just law. To be a sinner means to have wronged God. God, in His holiness and perfection, must judge sin. But Jesus came into the world to rescue us from our sins. He loved us and died on the cross for us, that we might be delivered from the penalty of the things we had done against God the Father.

St. Paul said in Romans 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” This is wonderful news. We are put in right standing with God through the atoning death of Jesus Christ, our Savior, and we can have peace with God the Father.

Paul went on to say “God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” (Romans 5:8-9)

Jesus did not stay dead. He was raised from the dead by the power of God, and His resurrection is our proof that He truly was and is divine, and that His death paid the price for our sin.

The Gospel is completely about what God has done for us, in Jesus Christ. We must receive His gifts of mercy and grace in order to be saved. We cannot work our way to heaven.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved….”–Acts 16:31