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1 | What is the Gospel? | Mark | Tamara Brewington | 204459 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, I found something within the concept of what I was referrig Lookinforacity to about what the Gospel consists of. Mathew 4:23 Jesus was going throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. This concept of what the Gospel is comes from Isaiah 61:1, 2 where Isaiah says the good news is bringing the good news to the afflicted, sending to bind up the broken hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners, proclaiming the favorable year of the Lord and this description of what the good news is gets repeated by Jesus as a fulfillment of prophechy in Luke 4:18-19. Jesus says again that the time has come as a fulfillment of prophecy that the kingdom has come and to repent and in believe in the good news, referring to the fulfillment of prophecy that the kingdom has come. Mark 1:15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel. I found something interesting in the OT; Isaiah 52:7 How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, your God reigns! According to this verse Isaiah is saying that the good news of happiness is the announcement of salvation and saying that God reigns. What is the most interesting part of what Isaiah says though is that the good news is the news of happiness because of the announcement of salvation. This is clearly the Bible saying that salvation is the Gospel message. Now, let's turn to the matter of what the disciples were preaching as the content of the gospel message and how that contrasts with the content of what Jesus preached. We will be able to conclude that both messages were preaching salvation through Jesus Christ, just in different ways. Acts 13:32 Now, Paul says a couple of things here; 1) Jesus was raised up by God to be His Son, meaning Jesus is God (the kingdom is at hand)as a fulfillment of prophecy, 2)God raised Jesus from the dead, part of the new message the apostles began preaching after Jesus rose, 3)unlike David who died Jesus inherited His eternal throne,4)the forgiveness of sins through Jesus continued to be a part of the Gospel message. Acts 2:22-36 Peter's first preaching echoes the elements of Paul's preaching in Acts 13. In verse 23 Peter mentions the predetermined plan and foreknowledgd of God which indicates that God raised Jesus up according to a plan to be curcified. Verse 24 speaks about God raising Jesus from the dead death being impossible to hold Him in its power. Verse 29-35 speaks of David dying and Jesus having conquered death being the heir to the throne next to God in heaven and implies co-rulership of God's kingdom. The elements are the same 4 elements Paul used. Acts 10:34-48 Peter takes elements from Jesus ministry that the sick were healed and the captives freed which was an old element, the crucifixion of Jesus and His raising from the dead which was a new element, and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus which was an old element. Acts 4:2 Peter and John preached the resurrection of Jesus. I Corinthians 1:23 Paul preached Christ crucufied as the salvation message a new element. II Corinthians 4:5 Paul preached Jesus as Lord an old element. Romans 1:26 Paul says that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation an old element. Ephesians 1:16 Paul says that the Gosel is the message of truth of salvation. Ephesians 6:15 Paul says the Gospel is peace meaning peace between God and man. The over all understanding we can take away from all this is that the Bible says specifically that the Gospel is the message of salvation. It was first preached in the OT at various times by various men in several ways (too long to get into here and now). Then it was preached a second way by Jesus as the kingdom of God is at hand meaning Jesus is God with all the attendant signs, the repentance of sins through Jesus, and believing that Jesus is God. Then it was preached a third way through the apostles as mainly although with varying elements; Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus was raised from the dead by God, Jesus did not undergo decay like David but was raised from the dead and rules on His throne eternally, men must repent of their sins through Jesus. I hope I answered the question right, please correct me if I didn't. God bless Tamara |
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2 | What is the Gospel? | Mark | Morant61 | 204465 | ||
Greetings Tam! Good answer! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | What is the Gospel? | Mark | Tamara Brewington | 204478 | ||
Dear Brother Time, Please, Please, Please keep posting hard questions like this one, it makes me stretch with great effort and it was very satisying trying to study to get an answer. Glory to God only. God Bless, the hat lady |
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