Subject: Salvation message of Jesus |
Bible Note: Lookinforacity, This is Tamara, I am going to jump in on this one, there is an answer to your dillema here and it lies in the nature of what is called progressive revelation. Jesus, when He was walking around on the earth was telling people to repent of their sins and to believe that the kingdom of God was in their midst and to belive that He was God - that was the first and the only gospel message that was being preached by Himself and the apostles before He was rejected and crucified. Then He was rejected, that message was rejected and He was crucified and then resurrected. He went and showed Himself to the disciples and told them to wait for the Holy Spirit to come on them with power so that they could go be witnesses of Him (spread the good news). The disciples after Pentecost began to preach a new message than the one they were preaching before Jesus died. This is called progressive revelation - the new message being preached by the apostles and disciples became the repentance of sin, the crucifixion and the resurrection. Both messages had the power to save, it is just that the message changed in nature a bit. John is absolutely right to tell you that the gospel Jesus was referring to in the passage you originaly cited was the message of salvation, it was just a bit different than it is now. There are several areas of viewing the Bible that constitute what the word gospel encompasses and each one of these views leads or has lead to salvation and is the gospel. You can't separate the history from the message and you can't separate the work and words of Jesus to save people while He was alive from the message we now preach or the history of how it got that way. It all fits together into one message delivered in three different ways. A)There are three definitions of what we can call the good news or the gospel; 1.The Gospel as the whole life and death story of Jesus culminating in a final proof that He is God. 2.The Gospel as the message we preach to: demonstrate that people are sinners, demonstrate the need for salvation, present the means of salvation. 3.The Gospel as the ministry of Jesus. B)A break down of what A) is talking about using scripture; The Gospel As The Whole Life And Death Story Of Jesus Culminating In The Final Proof That He Is God The Early Years Of Jesus Mathew 1:1 – 4:11, Mark 1:1 – 13, Luke 1:5 – 2:52 Jesus Begins His Ministry Mathew 4:12 – 22, Luke 3:22 – 4:15, 1:19 – 4:45 The Galilean And Judean Ministry Mathew 4:23 – 20:34, Mark 1:14 – 10:52, Luke 4:16 – 19:27, John 4:54 – 12:11 Jesus At Jerusalem Mathew 21:9 – 27:66, Mark 11:1 – 15:57, Luke 19:28 – 23:56, John 12:12 – 19:42 The Resurrection And Ascension Mathew 28:1 – 28:20, Mark 16:1 – 16:20, Luke 24:1 – 24:53, John 20:1 0 21:25 The Gospel As The Message We Preach The Mandate To Preach The Gospel Mathew 10:7, Mark 16:15, Acts 1:8, II Timothy 4:2 Romans 1:3, 4, I Corinthians 15:1 – 4, II Timothy 2:8, I Corinthians 1:23, Acts 2:23, 24, Acts 10:39, 40, Acts 4:2, Acts 4:12, Acts 9:20, Acts 17:3 Demonstrate That People Are Sinners Romans 3:10, Romans 11:31, Psalm 14:1, Psalm 51:5, Ecclesiastes 7:20 Demonstrate The Need For Salvation Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 4:18, Hebrews 10:31, John 8:24 Psalm 7:11, Revelation 20:11 Present The Means Of Salvation Romans 10:9, 10, John 3:3, 5, Acts 16, 30, Acts 17:30, The Gospel As The Ministry Of Jesus The Sermon On The Mount Mathew 5:1 – 7:29, Luke 6:20 - 49 The Parables Mathew 5:14 – 16, 7:24 – 27, 9:16, 17, 13:3 – 23, 13:24 – 30, 13:31, 32, 13:33, 13:44, 13:45, 46, 13:47 – 50, 18:12 – 14, 18:23 – 35, 20:1 – 16, 21:33 – 45, 22:2 – 14, 24:32 – 44, 25:1 - 13, 25:14 – 30, Mark 4:26 – 29, 13:33 – 37, Luke 7:41 – 43, 10:30 – 37, 11:5 – 13, 12:16 – 21, 12:35 – 40, 12:42 – 48, 13:6 – 9, 14:16:24 – 35, 15:8 – 10, 15:11 – 32, 16:1 – 13, 16:19 – 31, 17:7 – 10, 18:1 – 8, 18:9 – 14, 19:11 – 27. Amazement And Some Unbelief Amazement; Mark 1:22, 27, 2:12, 5:42, 6:15, 7:37, 9:15, 10:32, 10:26, Amazed but did not believe; Mark 6:2, 6:6. Jesus Preaches The Gospel And Coming Of The Kingdom Of God Mathew 4:23, 9:35, 10:7, Mark 1:14, 15, Luke 9:2, 9:11, 9:60, 10:11, 17:21, John 3:5. Jesus And The Pharisees Have Confrontations Mathew 9:11 - 13, 12:24 - 29, 12:3842, 15:1 - 10, 16:1 - 4, 19:3 - 9, 22:15 - 22, 22:41 - 46, Mark 12:13 – 40. Jesus Heals Without Saving Mathew 4:24, 8:16, 17, 12:15 – 21, 12:22, 14:4, 15:30, 19:2, 19:14, 21:14, Luke 5:15, 9:42, 22:51, John 5:1 - 9. Jesus Heals Those Who Have Faith Mathew 8:8, 15:22 – 28. Jesus Shows He Is God Mathew 16:13 – 18, 16:24 – 28, 24:30, 31, 25:31, John 3:13 God Bless, Tamara |