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Lv 6

What is "the gospel".?

The "great commission" is to preach the gospel. Those who believe are "saved" and those who do not believe are "damned".

Given the pivotal role it plays, all Christians should at least know what the gospel is so it can be effectively "preached".

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  • 4 years ago
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    Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words says that in the Christian Greek Scriptures (the “New Testament”), the Gospel “denotes the good tidings of the Kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith, on the basis of His expiatory death.”

    So it's is every Christians job to give every person the opportunity to learn about the Christ and his teachings by preaching this good news (Mt 24:14). That does not mean people accept right away, at times, due to various circumstances people's hearts may take time to change, it doesn't mean they are "damned", we always hold out hope since Jesus is the one who judges all (John 5:22)

    We are not here to judge people or condemn people, we are not the ones who can read hearts. Many Pharisees, for example, were critical, harshly judging others. So Jesus admonishes his listeners: “Stop judging that you may not be judged; for with the judgment you are judging, you will be judged.”—Matthew 7:1, 2. What a good lesson for us in presenting the good news without being critical or judgemental in our approach, don't you think?

    Always remember, it is Good news, not a message of condemnation.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    the gospels according to thousands of churches? all of them wrong... only one church is the restored gospel, see Rev 14:6 unless the book of revelation was a vision from satan, or a forgery that gives us play book of stans works, one cannot view all christianity as true, everyone is wrong! because of the apostasy of the church.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    The Gospel is the good news.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Not Far from Buddhahood

    A university student while visiting Gasan asked him: "Have you ever read the Christian Bible?"

    "No, read it to me," said Gasan.

    The student opened the Bible and read from St. Matthew: "And why take ye thought for rainment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these... Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself."

    Gasan said: "Whoever uttered those words I consider an enlightened man."

    The student continued reading: "Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened."

    Gasan remarked: "That is excellent. Whoever said that is not far from Buddhahood."

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  • Jeff
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    It's literal meaning is "Good News". Jesus died for our sins.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Gospel is the standard term for the first four books of the New Testament, describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

  • 4 years ago

    WW3 will destroy heretics who preach "corrupted Gospel". Ruski Orthodox will preach the true Gospel in its purity after WW3. Forgive me.

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