Good News – Gospel of Jesus Christ

Good News
The Gospel of Jesus Christ

 The word Gospel is the Greek word euaggelion it means good news. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, (Luke 2:10-11).

When the angels announced the birth of Jesus they called Him, a Savior. A Savior is one who rescues people, like a fireman who rescues someone from a burning building. The name Jesus means, God saves. The title Christ means the “Anointed One”, the “Messiah” who was prophesied in the scriptures. Jesus is the One sent to rescue you and bring you to your Father in Heaven. You can trust Him and rest in Him.

The Gospel of the Bible is all about Jesus the Christ. The Gospel message includes God’s plan to rescue people from sin and the effects of sin; so that people can be restored to a right relationship with God the Father. Sin separates people from God because He is righteous, holy, and just. Jesus came from heaven to earth and suffered and died for your sins, if you believe and continue to believe. 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^st Corinthians 15:3-4 NKJV).

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important information you will ever hear. Your life on earth and your eternity will be determined by your reaction to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Everything good comes from God and every thing bad comes from being separated from God. Sin separates people from God. Jesus is the only way to be restored to righteousness with God. God is the source of light, life, love, beauty, joy, peace, and everything good. God is what makes heaven, heaven. Hell is separated from everything good and it is where everything bad comes from including all suffering.

Jesus is the way we are restored to righteousness with God the Father. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6 NKJV) God in His righteousness and mercy gave Jesus as your way to become righteous, without guilt before the Father in love, (Ephesians 1:4). This is so you can be with God, as a dear child loved by your Father. But as many as received Him [Jesus Christ], to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12-13 NKJV)

The God of the Holy Bible is very different from every other god or religion. Every religion says that you have to work your way to God, except Christianity. Only the God of the Bible came down to man and became a man to rescue us from sin. When we believe God from our heart it is counted as righteousness. In this way when you hear the Gospel and believe that Jesus died on the cross for you, something happens inside and you become born of God.

We are changed from the inside and God’s Holy Spirit is joined to our spirit. But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him, (1 Corinthians 6:17 NKJV). The term “born again” means to be born from above. Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, (1 Peter 1:23 NKJV).