The Gospel of Christ What is the Gospel

The Gospel of Christ

What is the Gospel? “What is the gospel? Before one can designate a thing as ‘another gospel’ he must be able to identify the original gospel. The gospel, by etymology, is good news. It is not a system of doctrine, a philosophy of life or a code of ethics. 2

What is the Gospel? “It is good news about a person and what that person has done for us in our helpless, hapless and hopeless condition. It is not a message for the saved but for the lost. It is never addressed to the church but to the world. It is designed to make believers instead of providing food for them. ” ! E S L FA -Carl Ketcherside The Twisted Scriptures “Another Gospel”, pp. 4, 7 -9 3

“Another Gospel” The gospel “consisted of the life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, coronation and glorification of Jesus. ” Mission Messenger, Dec. 1972, p. 180 Not one apostolic letter is a part of the gospel of Christ…the Roman letter was not a part of the gospel. . . the letter to the Galatians was not a part of the gospel. ” ! E S L A F Mission Messenger, Feb. 1973, p. 20 4

The Gospel… ØIs sound doctrine, 1 Timothy 1: 10 -11 ØIs preached to Christians, Romans 1: 15 (7) (1 Thess. 2: 9; 3: 2) ØDoes not exclude the epistles, Gal. 2: 2, 5 ØCan not overstate the importance of the gospel, Mark 16: 15 5

The Gospel is God’s Message Galatians 1: 11 -12 ØGood news of a Messiah and His kingdom, Luke 2: 10 -11 (Matt. 4: 23; 24: 14) ØGood news of salvation through Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. 2: 1314 ØGood news of grace that is available and obtained, Acts 20: 24, 32 (Titus 2: 11 -12) 6

The Gospel: Good News of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15: 1 -4) ØPREACHED, Col. 1: 23; 1 Peter 1: 12 ØRECEIVED, Acts 18: 8; 2: 41 Corinthians 11: 4) ØSTAND, Romans 5: 1 -2; Colossians 2: 6 -7 (2 7

The Gospel: Good News of Christ (1 Cor. 15: 1 -4) ØSAVED, Romans 1: 16; James 1: 21; 1: 22 -25 Jesus 1 Peter ØFacts to believe, John 20: 30 -31 (Mark 1: 1) ØCommands to obey, Matt. 7: 21; 2 Thess. 1: 8 – Promises to be received, Titus 1: 1 -2; Colossians 1: 5 (Ephesians 3: 6) 8

The Gospel is… ØFOR WHOLE WORLD, Mark 16: 15 -16; 10: 34 -35; Matthew 28: 18 -20 Acts ØAlien sinners, Mark 16: 15 ØChristians, Romans 1: 15; 16: 25 9

The Gospel is… ØNOT TO BE ASHAMED, Romans 1: 16 2: 4; Hebrews 5: 9) (1 Timothy ØTo be ashamed of the gospel is to be ashamed of Christ, Mark 8: 38 ØTo be ashamed of faithful brethren is to be ashamed of the gospel, 2 Timothy 1: 8 (16) ØTO BE BOLDLY PROCLAIMED, Ephesians 6: 19 (2 Timothy 4: 2 -5; Acts 20: 20) 10

The Gospel is… ØTHE MESSAGE OF PEACE ØWith God, Romans 10: 15, 16 -21 ØWith man, Ephesians 2: 14 -18 10; 65: 25) ØWith self, Philippians 4: 4 -7 (Isaiah 11: 6 - 11

The Gospel… ØMUST BE OBEYED, 2 Thess. 1: 8; Romans 10: 16 (Matthew 7: 24 -27, 21) ØImmediately, Acts 16: 33; 2 Cor. 6: 1 -2 ØCompletely and always, James 1: 22 ØProfitable when mixed with faith, Hebrews 4: 2; Romans 10: 17 ØCalls sinners to repentance, Acts 3: 19; 26: 20 12

The Gospel… ØENDURES FOREVER, 1 Peter 1: 23 -25 ØDo not wait for a different message or a “more convenient season”, Galatians 1: 8 -9; Acts 24: 25 ØWILL JUDGE US, John 12: 48 13

The Gospel of Christ Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel… (Philippians 1: 27) 14