Question 1-What is the gospel?
Scriptures:
• Romans 1:16
If you were to ask any group of “Christians” for their definition of the Gospel you are likely to find various different responses. Some may say “it’s Christ dying on the cross”, some will say “it’s the fact God’s loves you and wants to you to love Him back”, some might say “it’s your sins being forgiven” while other may even say “it’s how Christ died so Christians could be happy” or “live a good life” or even “have money”. While some of these statements do hold some truth in them the complete and full gospel is not any of these things itself.
In Romans 1:16 Paul says:
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes…
He defines the gospel as “the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes” meaning he defines the gospel as the way God saves people.
The Greek word for gospel is euangelion. The definition of euangelion is simply the good news. It is the promise of salvation and the fulfillment of salvation by Christ. Essentially that is the gospel. The good news of what Christ did to save those who believe in Him.
Study Questions:
• What is the Gospel?
• What do we need to Christ to save us from?
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