What Was Christ's Gospel?

[Mailman]

During a mass, we hear these words at the end of a Scriptural reading: “A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John” – or St. Matthew, or St. Luke, or whoever wrote the particular passage being read.

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus? Jesus Himself preached some “gospel.” Once, when in a synagogue in Nazareth, He read from the book of Isaiah and declared that the particular passage He just read (a prophecy) has been fulfilled by His coming. One of the things prophesied there was that He was to be the Anointed One to preach THE Gospel.

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:17-19).

If Jesus was to “preach the gospel to the poor,” what was this gospel that Jesus was prophesied to preach?

I would like to get your ideas on the subject and see if we are on the same page on this one.

Thanks.

 

[JamesE24]

During a mass, we hear these words at the end of a Scriptural reading: “A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John” – or St. Matthew, or St. Luke, or whoever wrote the particular passage being read.

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus? Jesus Himself preached some “gospel.” Once, when in a synagogue in Nazareth, He read from the book of Isaiah and declared that the particular passage He just read (a prophecy) has been fulfilled by His coming. One of the things prophesied there was that He was to be the Anointed One to preach THE Gospel.

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:17-19).

If Jesus was to “preach the gospel to the poor,” what was this gospel that Jesus was prophesied to preach?

I would like to get your ideas on the subject and see if we are on the same page on this one.

Thanks.

Well, the word ‘gospel’ literally means “good news”. For a summary of the Good News Christ taught I would suggest reading Matthew, chapters 1-28, Mark, chapters 1-16, Luke, chapters 1-24, and John, chapters 1-21. =)

If the question is, why did Christ not write anything down, I would answer that He never needed to. The gospel writers, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, did the job well enough.

 

[canne]

During a mass, we hear these words at the end of a Scriptural reading: “A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John” – or St. Matthew, or St. Luke, or whoever wrote the particular passage being read.

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus? Jesus Himself preached some “gospel.” Once, when in a synagogue in Nazareth, He read from the book of Isaiah and declared that the particular passage He just read (a prophecy) has been fulfilled by His coming. One of the things prophesied there was that He was to be the Anointed One to preach THE Gospel.

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:17-19).

If Jesus was to “preach the gospel to the poor,” what was this gospel that Jesus was prophesied to preach?

I would like to get your ideas on the subject and see if we are on the same page on this one.

Thanks.

From the Catholic Encyclopedia “Gospel”
…It is very likely derived from the Anglo-Saxon god (good) and spell (to tell), and is generally treated as the exact equivalent of the Greek euaggelion (eu well, aggello*, I* bear a message), and the Latin Evangelium, which has passed into French, German, Italian, and other modern languages. The Greek euaggelion originally signified the “reward of good tidings” given to the messenger, and subsequently “good tidings”.

 

[Nita]

During a mass, we hear these words at the end of a Scriptural reading: “A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John” – or St. Matthew, or St. Luke, or whoever wrote the particular passage being read.

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus?
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The Gospels actually are the preaching of Jesus - recorded for us by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

 

[Jerry_Marino]

He came to die for sinners was buried and is risen by the power of God on the third day and ascended to heaven preparing a place there so that those who believe will spend eternity with Him.

read 1 corinthians 15

God bless

 

[Mailman]

Well, the word ‘gospel’ literally means “good news”. For a summary of the Good News Christ taught I would suggest reading Matthew, chapters 1-28, Mark, chapters 1-16, Luke, chapters 1-24, and John, chapters 1-21. =)

If the question is, why did Christ not write anything down, I would answer that He never needed to. The gospel writers, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, did the job well enough.

From the Catholic Encyclopedia “Gospel”
…It is very likely derived from the Anglo-Saxon god (good) and spell (to tell), and is generally treated as the exact equivalent of the Greek euaggelion (eu well, aggello*, I* bear a message), and the Latin Evangelium, which has passed into French, German, Italian, and other modern languages. The Greek euaggelion originally signified the “reward of good tidings” given to the messenger, and subsequently “good tidings”.

Thanks for bringing this up. In fact, this should be the starting point for any discussion on the Gospel – defining the word itself. Many people are unaware that the word “Gospel” literally means good news or good tidings. The etymology of the word is revealing. There has to be a bearer, or messenger, of this good news.

The question, “What was Christ’s Gospel?” implies Jesus’ role as a messenger of some good news. Was Jesus really a messenger? What was His message of good tidings? Where did this message come from and for whom was it intended?

The prophet Malachi tells us that it was God the Father who promised to send a messenger into this world from heaven, bearing a message from Him: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me [and that messenger was John the Baptist, preparing the way before Jesus Christ, as explained in Mark 1:2]: and the Lord, whom ye shall seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, EVEN THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT [this “Messenger” now refers Jesus Christ], whom ye shall delight in” (Mal. 3:1).

Now, how do we know what was Jesus’ message – His Gospel – as the “messenger of the [new] covenant”?

When Peter first preached this Gospel to the Gentiles, he gives us very explicit directions for locating it. Peter said in Acts 10:36-37, “The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all) That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached.”

Peter’s statement answers many questions which would help us identify Christ’s Gospel:

1. With whom did this message [the Gospel] originate?

Peter said: “The word which God sent.” It came from God the Father.

1. To whom did God send the message?

Peter said, “unto the children of Israel.” Although, at the time Peter made the statement, the Gospel was being opened up to Gentiles.

1. By whom was it sent? Who was the messenger who brought and preached the message?

Peter said: “by Jesus Christ.” Jesus was the divine Messenger. Malachi called Him the Messenger of the New Covenant. The message, then, is the New Covenant Message – or the New Covenant Gospel. Moses was the mediator of the Old Covenant, and Jesus Christ of the New.

1. Where was it first preached?

Peter said: It “began from Galilee.”

1. When did Jesus begin to preach this Gospel in Galilee?

Peter said: “after the baptism which John preached.”

Now, we use these very definite directions to identify Christ’s Gospel message of the New Covenant. We go to the first chapter of Mark. Notice:

Verse 1: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”. – This clearly tells us of the record of the BEGINNING of Christ’s preaching of the Gospel.

V. 2-3: “As it is written in the prophets, Behold I send my messenger…” – acknowledging the fulfillment of Malachi’s prophecy in Mal. 3:1.

V. 4-13: “John did baptize in the wilderness…” – This relates the baptizing ministry of John, preaching, not the Gospel, but “the baptism of repentance,” which prepares the way for the Gospel.

V. 14: “Now after that John was put in prison” – there is the exact TIME for the beginning of the preaching of Christ’s Gospel – “Jesus” – there is the divine Messenger by whom God sent it – “came into Galilee” – the PLACE of the first preaching.

Now we have the TIME, the Israelites to WHOM God sent the Message, the PLACE, and the MESSENGER – so whatever we find Jesus preaching here must be Christ’s Gospel message of the New Covenant.

What do we read? “Jesus came into Galilee, PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”

Christ’s Gospel then was the good news of the coming Kingdom of God, the same Gospel He instructed His disciples to preach to the world before He left them to be with the Father in heaven: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

The Gospel is not man’s gospel about the person of Christ. The Gospel, or specifically the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is the Gospel Christ brought as God’s Messenger. The Gospel He proclaimed is the Gospel of the coming Kingdom of God, as these Scriptures show. Christ came to the world not only to die for our sins but also to announce to the world the good news from the Father that “the kingdom of God is at hand” – that it will soon be a reality because His coming has paved the way for its establishment.

God bless.

 

[Mailman]

The Gospels actually are the preaching of Jesus - recorded for us by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Yes, I agree with you. But I was referring to the specific Gospel message Jesus came to proclaim as the Messenger of the New Covenant.

God bless.

 

[Mailman]

He came to die for sinners was buried and is risen by the power of God on the third day and ascended to heaven preparing a place there so that those who believe will spend eternity with Him.

read 1 corinthians 15

God bless

Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut. I agree with your reference to 1 Cor. 15 as pointing to what Christ’s Gospel was all about. But notice the chapter is talking about how we may “inherit the kingdom of God”, starting from Christ’s sacrifice for the remission of our sins (verse 3), His burial and resurrection on the third day (v. 4) thereby becoming the “firstfruits of them that slept” (v. 20) and so making possible our own resurrection from the dead (v. 22) to be with Christ at His coming (v. 23), when we shall “inherit the kingdom of God” (v. 50).

God bless.

 

[NHInsider]

Jesus IS the gospel - He is the good news, the Way the Truth and the Life, by whom we can come to the Father.

Jesus is Logos - the Word - God’s self-revelation.

In the same way that Jesus is both the High Priest and the Paschal Lamb, He is both the messenger and the message.

So the “of” in “the Gospel of Jesus Christ” is “about” - but of course, it is also “from” and “belonging to”

He commissioned the Apostles to go into the world and preach the Gospel - to tell everyone about Him - who He is, what He did, and “to obey all that [he] commanded.”

 

[Chesster]

If I could sum up in one word the “good news” it would be – reconciliation. That was the message of Jesus in a nutshell.

St Paul said it best in 2 Cor 5:18-19 “All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.”

 

[DLClark]

The Gospel of Christ is this.
1 Cor 15:1-4
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
NASU

Gal 1:11-12

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
NASU

Notice that Paul got his gospel message directly from Christ. So what Paul taught us on how to be saved is what Christ taught us. Water baptism, holy communion, joining the church, marriage, are not part of the Gospel Christ delivered. Christ Himself told us that when we believed or have faith in Him, we are saved and will never perish. this is the same message Paul delivered. John 3:16

 

[avflf]

The Gospel of Christ is this.
1 Cor 15:1-4
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
NASU

Gal 1:11-12

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
NASU

Notice that Paul got his gospel message directly from Christ. So what Paul taught us on how to be saved is what Christ taught us. Water baptism, holy communion, joining the church, marriage, are not part of the Gospel Christ delivered. Christ Himself told us that when we believed or have faith in Him, we are saved and will never perish. this is the same message Paul delivered. John 3:16

Yes, indeed. Paul was not shy in claiming that it was by his gospel that men would be judged at the end of time. (Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel) See also Rom.16:25 and 2Ti 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: . Unfortunately his gospel did not make it to the inspiration table and we are now left the poorer by having to rely on Matthew, Mark, Luke and John’s accounts that were written much later than Paul’s.

 

[QuickCat]

The Gospel of Christ is this.
1 Cor 15:1-4
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
NASU

Gal 1:11-12

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
NASU

Notice that Paul got his gospel message directly from Christ. So what Paul taught us on how to be saved is what Christ taught us. Water baptism, holy communion, joining the church, marriage, are not part of the Gospel Christ delivered. Christ Himself told us that when we believed or have faith in Him, we are saved and will never perish. this is the same message Paul delivered. John 3:16

Amen, D.L., our Lord Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry, came only to Israel [Matthew 15:24]. The gospel that He preached was about the kingdom promised to Israel in the O. T. . Our Lord sent the 12 to Israel preaching the same gospel, but it DID NOT include the revelation of our Lord’s death, burial and resurrection. Compare Luke 9:6 with Luke 18:31-35. The 12, at that time, did not know about the death, burial and resurrection.
When our Lord returns to this earth He will sit on David’s throne in Jerusalem and rule over Israel and the nations. The 12 will sit on 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes [Matthew 19:28]. BTW, this literal kingdom is what the Lord spent His last 40 days on earth telling the 11 about [Luke 24:24-27; 44-46; Acts 1:3]. Note that the 11 asked a “timely” question in Acts 1:6.

Grace and Peace,

Quickcat

 

[EdOsiecki]

During a mass, we hear these words at the end of a Scriptural reading: “A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John” – or St. Matthew, or St. Luke, or whoever wrote the particular passage being read.

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus? Jesus Himself preached some “gospel.” Once, when in a synagogue in Nazareth, He read from the book of Isaiah and declared that the particular passage He just read (a prophecy) has been fulfilled by His coming. One of the things prophesied there was that He was to be the Anointed One to preach THE Gospel.

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:17-19).

If Jesus was to “preach the gospel to the poor,” what was this gospel that Jesus was prophesied to preach?

I would like to get your ideas on the subject and see if we are on the same page on this one.

Thanks.

The gospel is: Jesus died to atone for ALL of our sins, was buried, on the third day was resurrected. as per 1Cor 15:1-4 If you believe that and are baptized to show your repen- tance Mat 3:11 and then tell others to confirm your salvation, Rom.10:9-10 you are saved. Mark 16;15-15

 

[DLClark]

Yes, indeed. Paul was not shy in claiming that it was by his gospel that men would be judged at the end of time. (Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel) See also Rom.16:25 and 2Ti 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: . Unfortunately his gospel did not make it to the inspiration table and we are now left the poorer by having to rely on Matthew, Mark, Luke and John’s accounts that were written much later than Paul’s.

The gospel means good news. Jesus gave us the good news of HIS gospel when He said that by faith in Him we can be saved. Jesus said we can know for sure that when we die that we will be in heaven with Him, John 14:1-10. If that is not good news then nothing is. Paul got his good news from Jesus and they both said the very same thing.

 

[avflf]

The gospel means good news. Jesus gave us the good news of HIS gospel when He said that by faith in Him we can be saved. Jesus said we can know for sure that when we die that we will be in heaven with Him, John 14:1-10. If that is not good news then nothing is. Paul got his good news from Jesus and they both said the very same thing.

Fair enough, but your explanation does not answer the proposition that Paul, in his letters, kept referring to “his Gospel” in a way that leads to the conclusion that he had written one and that such gospel was known to the folks he directed the Epistles to. That one can glimmer Christ’s message from the other Gospels is not the point here. Did he write a good news parchment or did he simply preached by word of mouth his understanding of the Christ, as summarized in 1Co 15:*1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. *
Was this then the sum total of his good news?

 

[swplan76]

Now, what about the Gospel according to Jesus?
…
If Jesus was to “preach the gospel to the poor,” what was this gospel that Jesus was prophesied to preach?
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I have heard it said that God is the God of the poor/oppressed. So, if we are His people, then we need to find our place along side the poor/oppressed. From that conclusion, if we don’t know any poor/oppressed people, then maybe we aren’t walking with God.

In our culture are various kinds of oppression… addiction to various things. Many people have lost their way. Some how we need to find our way beside them. I think it means that we need to speak a language that they understand and live like Jesus did. He spent time with those who were thought to be on the outside. They accepted Him even though He was clearly speaking words that made people uncomfortable… but He must have done it in a way that didn’t completely send them after His throat… no, they were fine with Him. It might even be said that the poor/oppressed people that Jesus encountered seemed most comfortable with Him. It was the religious people who didn’t spend time with the poor who wanted to have Him killed. Jesus said, “If you do this unto the least of these… you do it unto me.” If we take care of the least/poor/oppressed, then we are taking care of Jesus.

How do we determine the message that Jesus specifically spoke…
In John 14-16 Jesus tells His disciples that He is going to die… and He tells them to be glad of it. Why? Because the Holy Spirit will come. In a sense, Jesus ushers in the age of the Holy Spirit. He says that the Holy Spirit will be our teacher, comforter and reminder of everything that Jesus said and did… If we want to know, we can. this comes through prayer and a desire to be led by the Holy Spirit.

 

[DLClark]

The gospel to the poor is the same gospel for all mankind. It is found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4.

 

[DLClark]

Fair enough, but your explanation does not answer the proposition that Paul, in his letters, kept referring to “his Gospel” in a way that leads to the conclusion that he had written one and that such gospel was known to the folks he directed the Epistles to. That one can glimmer Christ’s message from the other Gospels is not the point here. Did he write a good news parchment or did he simply preached by word of mouth his understanding of the Christ, as summarized in 1Co 15:*1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. *
Was this then the sum total of his good news?

You missed the last email I sent. Paul said in Galatians that he got his gospel message from Christ. When Paul said what his gospel was he was also saying that it was Christ’s gospel as well. We say the same thing when we say this is our message that we bring and then say it comes from God. We have the Word of God to support our statement as to what the message is. My gospel, chrit’s gospel are synonymous terms.

 

[avflf]

You missed the last email I sent. Paul said in Galatians that he got his gospel message from Christ. When Paul said what his gospel was he was also saying that it was Christ’s gospel as well. We say the same thing when we say this is our message that we bring and then say it comes from God. We have the Word of God to support our statement as to what the message is. My gospel, chrit’s gospel are synonymous terms.

I think I see how you reason. The 4 Gospels can also be referred to as the Gospels of Christ, right?