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How would you describe the gospel? Here are a few answers from the pen of F.E. Marsh (a commentary that is coming soon to the Blue Letter Bible).

  1. Divine Gospel. “Separated unto the Gospel of God” (Romans 1:1).
  2. Gracious Gospel. “To testify the Gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24).
  3. Wondrous Gospel. “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1).
  4. Life-giving Gospel. “In Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel” (1 Cor. 4:15).
  5. Saving Gospel. “The Gospel of your salvation” (Eph. 1:13).
  6. Peace-securing Gospel. “Your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace” (Eph. 6:15).
  7. Full Gospel. “I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ” (Rom. 15:29).
  8. Powerful Gospel. “I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation” (Rom. 1:16).
  9. Practical Gospel. “Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ” (Phil. 1:27).
  10. Glorious Gospel. “Lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ” (2 Cor.  4:4).
  11. Everlasting Gospel. “Having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them” (Rev. 14:6).
What about you? Fill in the blank. How would you describe the gospel? Leave it in the comments below, and be sure to use Scripture!

Comments

  1. 1 Timothy 1:9-11 Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient for the ungodly and for sinners for unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers for man slayers (10) For whoremongers for them that defile themselves with mankind for menstealers for liars for perjured persons and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine (11) According to the glorious GOSPEL of the blessed GOD which was committed to my trust

    Colossians 1:5 For the HOPE which is laid up for you in heaven whereof you heard before in the word of the truth of the GOSPEL

  2. II Corinthians 4:4 “For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.

    The “Revealing” Gospel

  3. The in-breaking gospel. “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.'” Matthew 4:17 The good news that right now, at this very moment, the Kingdom of God is breaking into the dark reality we have created. We can welcome it as good news or we can run from it but the kingdom of God is at hand!

  4. The Saving Gospel:
    I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Romans 1:16

    My prayer today: that I, in all of my inadequacy and failing, be able to declare the salvation of God in my life and how God still has that power of salvation for everyone.

    Thanks, Blue Letter Bible. This is a good blog today!

  5. The LOVING gospel:
    The ‘good news’ that the most mighty, wonderful, infinite, omnipotent, powerful, etc. etc. creator of everything that exists – loved a ‘wretched’ creature such as we are enough to find a way, not only to forgive us, justify us, and remake us, but also to adopt us into his family if we would only listen. That is Love. That is Good news. That is the Gospel.

  6. The ONLY Gospel:

    But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8

  7. The AUTHENTIC and ORIGINAL gospel.

    “As we said before, so say I now again, if any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

    Galatians 1:9

  8. The TRUE gospel:

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17

  9. JESUS CHRIST’S Gospel

    “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;”
    Mark 1:1

  10. The Whole Gospel, The Complete Gospel, The Saving Gospel, The Bride’s Gospel, The Separating Gospel – 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.

  11. The Gospel is the death, burial, and ressurection of Jesus, the Christ or Messiah.

    1Co 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. (3) For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; (4) And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

    We relate to the death, burial, and resurrection by obeying the gospel which was preach. What did Peter and Paul preach?

    Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

    As the believer in any church submits their will in repentance, they die like Christ. Baptism, by imersian, invoking the name of Jesus, is the beleiver’s burial. The gift of the Holy Spirit (Ghost), is the believer’s resurection. (Acts 2:1-4, John 3:8)

    • Amen! The Gospel is that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

      • Luke 9:2
        Luke 9:6 “preaching the gospel”
        later in the same chapter…
        Luke 9:21-22 The Christ tells the disciples not to tell anyone about His coming death.
        Luke 9:43-45 They did not understand His coming death
        Luke 18:31-34 Again “they understood none of these things” concerning Christ dying for our sins. So, how did they preach the gospel in Luke 9:6. The gospel is Luke 9:2, the coming Kingdom of God.
        Acts 1:3
        Acts 1:6
        Acts 8:12
        Acts 19:8
        The coming Kingdom described in Dan 2:44-45, established in Jerusalem Isa 2:2-4, in which the Christ shall sit on the throne of David Luke 1:32, and the earth shall be filled with the glory of God Habakkuk 2:14, and the saints shall be with Him Rev 5:9-10.

      • Just to be clear (concerning my comment below), Jesus the Christ makes the gospel possible, for salvation and life comes through Him. He is an essential part of the gospel, for every Kingdom must have a King.

  12. 2Tim 2:15 in rightly dividing the word of truth:
    We realize we are saved by faith as the apostle Paul proclaims in 1Cr 15:1-4. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe, Rom. 3:22
    We are to cast off the works of darkness, Rom. 13:12 and put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, Rom 13:14.
    We are to awake to righteous and sin not, 1Cor. 15:34, We are called to walk in the Spirit, Gal. 5:16. And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph. 3:19.
    This gospel is the Gospel that Our Lord has committed to Paul to bring to the world after Jesus had accomplished our redemption through his death, burial and resurrection. We know these things because our God has given to us His Spirit to dwell in us and to lead us and reveal the mysteries hidden in time, now to believers. Rom. 8:9 , Rom. 8:14 , 1Cor. 2:7-10 Duet. 29:29
    Our Lord Jesus came to his own, the Jews. They were looking for their promised messiah. Luke 1:67-71 The apostles, even after the resurrection, before they were given the Holy Spirit, still looked for the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel. Acts 1:6. Jesus came as a servant to redeem them from sin, separation from God. The Jews were under the Law, the Ten Commandments and therefore they were called upon to repent and be baptized. It was necessary that they recognize their transgressions against God’s laws and repent.
    The gentiles were never given the Law. Although we recognize it as of God, we are not saved by it. Paul was sent by the Lord to us, bringing the gospel of the love of God. We are to believe, and enjoy that glorious liberty of the children of God. Rom. 8:21 and stand fast in it. Gal. 5:1 Jesus has brought us peace with God. Rom. 5:1 Eph. 2:14

    • 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. The Gospel is that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

  13. You are posting about the results of the Gospel, and missing it entirely…

    “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” 1 Corinthians 15:1-4

  14. 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgement must begin at the house of GOD and if it first begin at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of GOD

    1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear

    Colossians 1:22&23 In the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in HIS sight
    (23) IF YOU CONTINUE in the faith grounded and settled and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you have heard and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven whereof I Paul am made a minister

    Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospels the same shall save it

    Mark 1:15 And saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of GOD is at hand repent ye and believe the gospel

    Luke 6:46 And why call ye Me LORD LORD and do not the things which I say

    Luke 8:21 And HE answered and said unto them MY mother and MY brethren are these which hear the word of GOD and do it

    Galatians 5:7&8 You did run well who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth (8) this persuasion comes not of HIM that calleth you

    Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them

    Loving the LORD

  16. The Gospel is the Love of God, my Kinsman Redeemer paying the price by shedding His own blood in order to purchase me unto Himself. Seperating the middle wall of partition I now have access to cleave unto my Abba Father. xoxo

  17. MY Gospel
    2 Timothy 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,…

    Oh, that we might take personal possession of this glorious good news, and to speak it boldly to others, remembering that “The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” (Luke 10:16)

  18. It is the “Servant’s Gospel… I became a servant of this Gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me by the working of his power. Ephesians 3

  20. Luke 9:2
    Luke 9:6 “preaching the gospel”
    later in the same chapter…
    Luke 9:21-22 The Christ tells the disciples not to tell anyone about His coming death.
    Luke 9:43-45 They did not understand His coming death
    Luke 18:31-34 Again “they understood none of these things” concerning Christ dying for our sins. So, how did they preach the gospel in Luke 9:6. The gospel is Luke 9:2, the coming Kingdom of God.
    Acts 1:3
    Acts 1:6
    Acts 8:12
    Acts 19:8
    The coming Kingdom described in Dan 2:44-45, established in Jerusalem Isa 2:2-4, in which the Christ shall sit on the throne of David Luke 1:32, and the earth shall be filled with the glory of God Habakkuk 2:14, and the saints shall be with Him Rev 5:9-10.

  21. The Lord Jesus came as Messiah in the line of David as prophecised in the scriptures. He came proclaiming the Kingdom of God, Israel’s king was in their midst. Mat 4:17 But first he had to deal with the problem of sin that separated his people from God, Mat 1:21 and the religious system that had bent the things of God to accomodate themselves.
    The Jews require a sign, 1Cor 1:22 and the Lord showed them many signs and miracles again according to the scriptures and many did not believe who He was. The Jews under the law were called to repent and believe on the name of Jesus, that he was sent by God. They refused him and crucified him as foretold in the scriptures. The gospel of the kingdom was not brought to the gentiles but to the house of Israel. Mat 10:5-6 They refused their king and refused this gospel. But in understanding the scriptures and knowing the word of God is sure, we know the Lord will come again with his saints 1Thes 3:13 to establish this kingdom on earth in coming days although we do not know the day or the hour. Mat 24:36
    This rejection of their messiah has become our blessing as God has brought in the gentile in a whole new way, these are the mysteries 1Cor 2:7 that Paul writes of and is our joy to learn of. We are brought in through the gospel of grace. We need not look to the law for justification, nor offer animal sacrifices or cut off limbs that offend us or circumcise adults or do those many things that that are required of the Jew under law. We have liberty under grace to appreciate our righteous yet loving God through the work of our Lord Jesus.
    Knowing this we can separate and understand The Lord Jesus’ words to the Jews and the king and kingdom that they rejected,and his revelations of the gospel of grace to the apostle Paul. Rom 11:13 For we are his heavenly people, citizens of a better place. Phil 3:20
    The words of Jesus given us in the four gospels are more easily understood, appreciated and applied to our lives today when we can rightly divide to whom these words are spoken. Are they to the jews before his face or eternal words of love to us all. consider Rom 15:4

  22. “But in understanding the scriptures and knowing the word of God is sure, we know the Lord will come again with his saints 1Thes 3:13 to establish this kingdom on earth in coming days although we do not know the day or the hour. Mat 24:36”