THE GOSPEL IS…
(A) The gospel of JESUS CHRIST (Mark 1:1; 1 Cor. 9:12)
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.:-{Mark 1:1}
“ If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. “-{ 1 Cor 9:12}
(B) The gospel of THE GRACE OF GOD (Acts 20:24}
“ But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.”-
(C) The gospel of THE KINGDOM (Matt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14)
“ Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the [a]gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. “{Matt 4:23}
(D) The gospel of PEACE (Eph. 6:15)
“and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace”
(E) The ETERNAL Gospel (Rev. 14:6)
“And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;”
{F} The Gospel of HOPE -{Col 1:23}.
“yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach— if indeed you continue in ]the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.” {v22-23}
{G} The Gospel of TRUTH {Col 1:5}…
“since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel “-{v4-5}
{H} The Gospel of POWER {Rom 1:16}
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”
{I} The URGENCY of The Gospel {1 Cor 15:3}
“ “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,…”
Privilege And Responsibility;
To proclaim, “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace” (Acts 20:24).
Be “all things to all people . . . for the sake of the gospel”(1 Corinthians 9:22-23).
Confront Peter for “deviating from the truth of the gospel” (Galatians 2:11-14).
Compelled to proclaim the good news: “For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.” (1 Corinthians 9:16).
His view of himself “a servant of the gospel” (Ephesians 3:7).
View his circumstances as opportunities – “resulted in the advancement of the gospel” (Philippians 1:12).
There is a Cost and a call to Timothy from Paul to “join me in suffering for the gospel” (2 Timothy 1:8).
The UNIVERSAL Gospel!
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”{Rom 1;16-18}
The URGENCY of The Gospel
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,…” {1 Cor 15:1-4}
The UNIQUENESS of The Gospel To Save!…
“Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
Thanking God… for salvation and the Gospel… Stand Firm in The Gospel!
