The Gospel

What is the Gospel?


Gospel is the Greek word euaggelion, which translates to "Good News."  What is the Good News?  I'm glad you asked 😊

We are rebels of God - the Creator of the universe!  We spat in his face and said, "I don't need you.  In fact, I can do your job better than you can!"  We break every law that he has given us:

1)  No gods but the one true God
2)  No idols
3)  Don't misuse God's name
4)  Remember the day of rest and keep it holy
5)  Honor your mother and father
6)  Don't murder/hate
7)  Don't commit adultery/lust
8)  Don't steal
9)  Don't lie
10)  Don't crave for someone else's belongings or spouse

Have you kept all of these all your life?  I sure haven't.  I've broken ALL of them - many on a daily basis!  Breaking even one of these laws is deserving of the death penalty.





As the Scripture say, "No one is righteous - not even one.  No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.  All have turned away; all have become useless.  No one does good; not a single one.  Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.  Their tongues are filled with lies.  Snake venom drips from their lips.  Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.  They rush to commit murder.  Destruction and misery always follows them.  They don't know where to find peace.  They have no fear of God at all."

Romans 3:10-17




We are ALL rebels.  You may say, "That's ridiculous!  How could anyone follow those laws perfectly?"  Ah, but that's the point!  The law was to show how much we need God because in the end, we can't save ourselves.




For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands.  The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

Romans 3:20




So what is our verdict?

Death.  Plain and simple.  Death.  If we're not caught right away, we will eventually be caught and executed for our crimes.

"But I'm a good person!"




For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.

Romans 3:23




You have broken the law, and you must suffer the consequences for it.  There's no way out. You can't escape.  Sounds pretty hopeless right?

In comes Jesus.

In a broken and corrupt world, there is a man who walked the earth who did not break a single law!  He was God's Son who came humbly as an infant; and he grew up from a boy to a man.  He was tempted just as we are, and yet he did not give in.  He healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, rose the dead back to life, and exorcized demons.  The people who acted like they had everything put together, he was not interested in.  He hung out with those who had nothing - the poor, the needy, and people who knew they were broken.  The religious leaders hated him because he made it clear to them that their piety was not going to save them from the wrath of God.




When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor - sick people do.  I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners."

Mark 2:17




Jesus came for the broken.  He came for the people who aren't perfect - you and me.  He came for the people who don't have everything put together.  He came for the people who need a savior!  But those who thought they had everything together hated him.  So they plotted to kill him.  They arrested him one night (after one of his best friends betrayed him to them), even though he had done nothing wrong.  He knew this was to come though.  He was mocked and spat on.  He was beaten to a pulp, unrecognizable as even a man.





But many were amazed when they saw him.  His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.

Isaiah 52:14





He was literally nailed (hands and feet) to a tree.  Not once did he utter a harsh word to them.  No, instead he said, "Father forgive them for they don't know what they're doing."  He asked God to FORGIVE them!  He didn't just ask God to forgive those who had crucified him though - he was asking God to forgive ALL people.  All of us have fallen short, all of us have nailed him to the cross. He gave his life for all of us.  His death pardoned our crimes because he took the death penalty for us.

But it doesn't stop there!

Three days later, he came back to life!  The man who came to save the broken.  The man who was executed in our place.  He was risen back to life!




For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23




How do we get this free gift of eternal life?





If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Romans 10:9-10





So what is the Good News?





But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.  And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation.

Romans 5:9





The Good News is that through Jesus Christ you are no longer rebels!  You are no longer prisoners!  Your chains have been broken and you have been set free!  You are a child of God!  He is repairing our brokenness and one day, we will be completely repaired!  He loves you SOOOOOOOO much, that he took your punishment onto himself.  He wants to adopt you as his child.  You were a rebel, and now you have the chance to be a son or daughter of God!  He won't force himself on you though - it is YOUR choice whether to follow him, or to reject him.  To reject him means death, but to embrace him means eternal life.  It is your choice.