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- The Gospel - "good news" - from the Greek word "euangelion"...
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- ...used in the New Testament in the following manner:
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- (a) with the kingdom
- (b) with God
- (c) with Christ
- (d) with peace
- (e) with salvation
- (f) with grace
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- Occurances of «"euangelion"» and its usage:
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- (a) Matt. 4:23 │ 1 Cor. 4:15 │ Eph. 6:19
- (a) Matt. 9:35 │ (c) 1 Cor. 9:12 │ Phil. 1:5
- (a) Matt. 24:14 │ 1 Cor. 9:14,18 │ Phil. 1:7
- Matt. 26:13 │ 1 Cor. 9:23 │ Phil. 1:12
- (c) Mark 1:1 │ 1 Cor. 15:1 │ (c) Phil. 1:27
- (b) Mark 1:14 │ (c) 2 Cor. 2:12 │ Phil. 2:22
- (a) Mark 1:15 │ 2 Cor. 4:3 │ Phil. 4:3
- Mark 8:35 │ (c) 2 Cor. 4:4 │ Phil. 4:15
- Mark 10:29 │ 2 Cor. 8:18 │ Col. 1:5
- Mark 13:10 │ (c) 2 Cor. 9:13 │ Col. 1:23
- Mark 14:9 │ (c) 2 Cor. 10:14 │ 1 Thes. 1:5
- Mark 16:15 │ 2 Cor. 11:4 │ (b) 1 Thes. 2:2
- Acts 15:7 │ (b) 2 Cor. 11:7 │ 1 Thes. 2:4
- (f) Acts 20:24 │ Gal. 1:6 │ (b) 1 Thes. 2:8
- (b) Rom. 1:1 │ Gal. 1:11 │ (b) 1 Thes. 2:9
- (c) Rom. 1:9 │ Gal. 2:2 │ (c) 1 Thes. 3:2
- (e) Rom. 1:16 │ Gal. 2:5 │ (c) 2 Thes. 1:8
- Rom. 2:16 │ Gal. 2:7 │ 2 Thes. 2:14
- Rom. 10:16 │ Gal. 2:14 │ (b) 1 Tim. 1:11
- Rom. 11:28 │ (e) Eph. 1:13 │ 2 Tim. 1:8
- (b) Rom. 15:16 │ Eph. 3:6 │ 2 Tim. 2:8
- (c) Rom. 15:19 │ (d) Eph. 6:15 │ Philm. 13
- Rom. 16:25 │ Eph. 6:19 │ Rev. 14:6
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- «"To preach/proclaim the Gospel"» - from the Greek word «"euangelizo":»
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- Matt. 11:5 │ Acts 8:12 │ Rom. 1:15 │ Gal. 1:16
- Luke 1:19 │ Acts 8:25 │ Rom. 10:15 │ Gal. 1:23
- Luke 2:10 │ Acts 8:35 │ Rom. 15:20 │ Gal. 4:13
- Luke 3:18 │ Acts 8:40 │ 1 Cor. 1:17 │ Eph. 2:17
- Luke 4:18 │ Acts 10:36 │ 1 Cor. 9:16 │ Eph. 3:8
- Luke 4:43 │ Acts 11:20 │ 1 Cor. 9:18 │ 1 Thes. 3:6
- Luke 7:22 │ Acts 13:32 │ 1 Cor. 15:1 │ Heb. 4:2
- Luke 8:1 │ Acts 14:7 │ 1 Cor. 15:2 │ Heb. 4:6
- Luke 9:6 │ Acts 14:15 │ 2 Cor. 10:16 │ 1 Pet. 1:12
- Luke 16:16 │ Acts 14:21 │ 2 Cor. 11:7 │ 1 Pet. 1:25
- Luke 20:1 │ Acts 15:35 │ Gal. 1:8 │ 1 Pet. 4:6
- Acts 5:42 │ Acts 16:10 │ Gal. 1:9 │ Rev. 10:7
- Acts 8:4 │ Acts 17:18 │ Gal. 1:11 │ Rev. 14:6
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- │ «"To preach/proclaim the Gospel beforehand"» - │
- │ from the Greek word «"proeuangelizomai":» │
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- │ Gal. 3:8 - 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." │
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- «Summary of the Gospel:»
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- 1) «Teaches of the Kingdom of God to come» (Mat. 4:23, 9:35, 24:14; Mark 1:15).
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- a) It was the message of the Kingdom that Jesus preached - for this
- reason was Jesus sent (Luke 4:43).
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- 2) «Teaches of Jesus the Anointed (Christ)» -
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- a) That he is the Son of God (Mark 1:1).
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- b) That Jesus died for our sins, was laid in the grave, and rose again
- from the dead (1 Cor. 15:1-4).
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- c) That Jesus was of the "seed of David" (2 Tim. 2:8).
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- d) That Jesus was the promised Messiah that the law and the prophets
- spoke of (Acts 5:42, 8:35, 13:32-33).
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- e) That through the man Jesus forgiveness of sins is available to us,
- resulting in our justification in the sight of God (Acts 13:38-39).
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- 3) «Acceptance of the Gospel must be accompanied with repentance» (Mark 1:15;
- Acts 14:15).
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- 4) «Starting from the time period after the resurrection of Jesus, the act of»
- «baptism follows once one has heard and believed the Gospel» (Mat. 28:19,
- Mark 16:15, Acts 8:12).
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- 5) «The Gospel is made void if a person denies the teaching that God can and»
- «will raise the dead» (1 Cor. 15:1-19).
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- 6) «Teaches of God's grace (favor) toward men» (Acts 20:24).
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- 7) «Its message offers salvation to both the Jew and non-Jew» (Rom. 1:16; Eph.
- 1:13, 3:6).
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- 8) «Teaches of a day of judgment to come, in the which God shall judge the»
- «secrets of men through the agency of Jesus» (Rom. 2:16).
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- 9) «Its message does not have its origin from men, but from God» (Gal. 1:11-12).
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- 10) «The Gospel has been called:»
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- a) "the word of the truth" (Eph. 1:13; Col. 1:5).
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- b) "the word of God" (Acts 13:46).
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- 11) «Failure to obey and believe its message can only result in one's own de-»
- «struction» (2 Thes. 1:7-9).
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- 12) «Teaches of the righteousness of God» (Rom. 1:15-17).
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- 13) «The message of the Gospel will be of no profit to those who hear it un-»
- «less it is united with faith» (Heb. 4:1-2).
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- 14) «Unfortunately, the Gospel can be found distorted or corrupted by men»
- (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:6-7).