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by Bill Winner
hat is the gospel? Is it the gospel of God? The gospel of Jesus Christ? The gospel about Christ? The gospel of the Kingdom of God? Or some other gospel? Is there more than one gospel? What gospel did Jesus preach? What did He instruct His disciples to teach? What about Paul? Did he teach the same gospel Jesus Christ taught? Or was it different from the gospel God sent through Christ?
The apostle Paul wrote of contemporaries who were perverting the gospel, teaching something other than what he taught. He marveled that, as a result, some were turning away from the gospel so soon after accepting it. Some say Jesus Christ is the gospel. If so, how does that concept fit in with the Kingdom of God, which is the focus of the good news He taught?
What do we mean gospel? The literal meaning of the word is "good news." But good news of what? Let's understand the exciting answers revealed in the Bible!
Discussion: The gospel, or good news, has its roots in the very beginning, even before the creation of the universe. Contrary to popular opinion, the gospel didn't begin with Jesus Christ's earthly ministry in the New Testament.
Note: From the beginning the message was called the gospel of Jesus Christ and the gospel of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:1,14,15).
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