ANO ANG EBANGHELYO? [With Description stated in English]

The gospel is the gloriously great good news of what our triune God has graciously done in the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ to satisfy his own wrath against us and secure the forgiveness of sins and perfect righteousness for all who trust in him by faith alone. Christ fulfilled, on our behalf, the perfectly obedient life under God’s law that we should have lived but never could. He died the death we deserved to suffer but now never will. And by his rising from the dead, he secures for believers the promise of a resurrected and glorified life in a new heaven and a new earth in fellowship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit forever.

MESSAGE:
Instead of a conditional relationship based on merit, the gospel is an unconditional relationship based on grace.

1Corinthians 15:1-2 “1Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,2and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.”

It is the truth of the gospel that enables us to do genuinely and joyfully what is pleasing to God and grow in progressive conformity to the image of Christ. Thus, we must never think the gospel is solely for unbelievers. It is for Christians at every stage of their lives. There is nothing in the Christian life that is “post-gospel”!

Point: Humans do not create or craft the gospel: they respond to it by repenting of their sins and believing its message (Mark 1:15) concerning what God has done in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
The gospel, then, is the “word of truth” proclaiming our “salvation” (Eph. 1:13). It is marked by grace (Acts 20:24)—it is the message of God’s gracious provision, apart from human works, of everything necessary to reconcile us to himself both now and for eternity. Indeed, the gospel is the foundation, pattern, and power for: • How we respond to unjust suffering (1 Pet. 2:18–25; 3:17–18), • The way we relate to our spouses (Eph. 5:22–33), • how we use our money (2 Cor. 8:8–9; 9:13), • the manner in which we forgive those who have sinned against us (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13), • And the zeal with which we serve others (Mark 10:43–45; 1 John 3:16–18).
This good news of what God has done in and through Christ’s death (1 Cor. 2:2) and resurrection (2 Tim. 2:8) brings peace (Eph. 6:15), life, and immortality (2 Tim. 1:10) to those who receive it.

Beware: These truths are of paramount and eternal importance, for to “distort the gospel of Christ” (Gal. 1:7) or preach one that is “different” or contrary to what the apostles made known (v. 6) is to come under a divine curse (v. 9).
The good news of God’s saving act in Christ is thus: • the foundation for our confidence in the ultimate triumph of God’s kingdom (1 Cor. 15:20–24), • the end of physical death (1 Cor. 15:25–26; Rev. 21:4), • the defeat of Satan (John 16:11; Col. 2:13–15; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:8), • the eradication of all evil (Rev. 21:4, 8), • the removal of the curse resting on our physical environment, • and the consummation of God’s purpose for all creation in the new heavens and new earth (Rom. 8:18–25).

APPLICATION:
√ Cleanse our minds of the false Gospel
√ Acknowledge our need of the Gospel for our lives, here in this life and for the securement of the inevitably coming glorious life;
√ Embrace the Gospel of God and make it our way of life.