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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WHAT IS THE GOSPEL" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WHAT DOES THE WORD "GOSPEL" MEAN TO YOU? WHEN YOU TELL SOMEONE SOMETHING AND SAY "THAT IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH", YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD. (Gospel: Something regarded as true and implicitly believed.) WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE "GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST", TWO DEFINITIONS ARE (1. The teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation. AND 2. The story of Christ's life and teachings, especially as contained in the first four books of the New Testament, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.) NOW DON'T DWELL ON THESE TWO DEFINITIONS.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THE "GOSPEL"? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND DEFINITION ABOVE, THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE CALLED THE GOSPELS BUT THAT IS ABOUT AS FAR AS THAT SECOND DEFINITION GOES. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE TRUE GOSPEL.
THE GOSPEL IS NOT ABOUT THE STORY OF JESUS' LIFE, IT IS ALSO THE STORY ABOUT HIS DEATH. THE GOSPEL WAS GIVEN TO PAUL AS HE TELLS US IN 1ST CORINTHIANS 15:1-4 WHERE HE SAYS "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." THIS IS WHAT WE MUST BELIEVE TO BE SAVED.
