What is the Gospel or Good News? The Gospel is Christ Jesus Himself, what He did on the cross and His resurrection for the sinner's salvation.
*The Gospel is called the "Gospel of God" (see Rom. 1:1) because God is the author or the mastermind that Christ should die for sinners.
*The Gospel is called the "Gospel of His Son" (see Rom. 1:9) because it is all about what His Son did on the cross, when He died on the cross.
*The Gospel is called the "Gospel of the grace of God" (see Acts 20:24) because it is about His undeserved favor to sinners. Instead of sinners dying for their own sins, Christ died in their stead.
*It is called the "Gospel of your salvation" (see Eph. 1:13) because it effects salvation to anyone who trusts in Christ.
*It is called the "Gospel of peace" (see Eph. 6:15) because it reconciles the trusting sinner to God, having peace with Him.
*It is called the "Gospel of glory" or "the glorious Gospel" (see 1 Tim. 1:11) because it reveals God's glory, God's perfect attributes of love, grace, holiness, wrath and mercy. Look at the cross and tell me if God is not loving and gracious and merciful to sinners. Look at the cross and tell me if God is not a holy God who is also a God outraged by sin.
Why are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John called "the gospelS"?
Because the common and central event they are presenting is the fact that CHRIST DIED FOR SINNERS AND ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD.
