Things New and Old: What is the gospel, the good news?

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

What is the gospel, the good news?

#gloriousgospel

1Timothy 1:11 "According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust."

What's the gospel?

Concise answer:
The gospel is the good news of what God has ALREADY DONE to save His people through His Son Jesus Christ, and applied to them by His Holy Spirit.

Not so concise answer:
The gospel is the good news that Christ, the Redeemer promised by God, has perfectly and completely fulfilled the exact demands of the good, just, holy and righteous laws of God on behalf of His people, and has borne and suffered the penalty and curse of the law for His people, died in their place, and rose for their eternal redemption.

The gospel is what God HAS DONE to save His people; the gospel enlightens God’s children and calls them to believe the truth of their salvation… Eph 1:13.

The gospel declares the eternal redemption, purposed by God before the foundation of the world, and accomplished and secured by Jesus Christ by His life and death, and is freely and sovereignly bestowed or applied to each elect at God’s appointed time.

That’s the good news – the free and sovereign activities of the Triune God, working in perfect unity and harmony, to effectually save us and make us fit for eternal glory.

The gospel is NOT about the genuine offer and the acceptance of salvation. That’s very bad news!

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Greg Hood
Amen

Joe Chin
That's why Paul went about preaching about Jesus Christ and His resurrection: that Christ must suffer and be raised again, just as David foresaw, and that the Holy One did not see corruption.

Isabelo Lopez Meraña
There was a gospel of THE BLESSED EARTH THRU CHRIST THE SAVIOUR KING

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. Galatians 3:8

Sing F Lau
It is very important to understand what the Apostle Paul is saying in the passage above through his appeal to Abraham.

Many sincere people don't have a clue.

In Galatians, Apostle Paul was dealing with the plague of Judaizers who wanted to impose ceremonial laws upon the Gentile believers (the "heathen" and "all nations" in 3:8). Apostle Paul marshalled Abraham to demonstrate that the Judaizers were DEAD WRONG. Abraham experienced justification by faith, NOT through observing any ceremonial laws; there were NONE in Abraham's time.