What is the Gospel?
John Piper says:
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The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy. That’s the gospel.
https://www.desiringgod.org/topics/the-gospel#
N. T. Wright says:
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“The gospel is the royal announcement that the crucified and risen Jesus, who died for our sins and rose again according to the Scriptures, has been enthroned as the true Lord of the world. When this gospel is preached, God calls people to salvation, out of sheer grace, leading them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the risen Lord.” – Christianity Today, June 2009
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...-wright/%3famp
Piper says the announcement that Jesus has become King isn't good news because it means that judgment is about to be made.
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One of the more peculiar objections that John Piper raises against Wright’s understanding of Paul’s ‘gospel’ is that the announcement that Jesus is Lord ‘is an absolutely terrifying message to a sinner who has spent all his life ignoring or blaspheming the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ’ (Piper, The Future of Justification, 86-87). It is, therefore, not good news at all.
https://www.postost.net/2009/07/pipe...ghts-good-news
However, in the article about the interview with Wright, Trevin Wax received an answer which says the Gospel is good news because it results in:
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God’s justice, God’s peace, God’s world is going to be renewed.
In other words, we should not confuse what the good news is with what the result of that news is.
The good news is a fair and holy king has been enthroned. The result is that good people will finally have the system they deserve, and their good deeds will be rewarded.
Who do you think is right?
Do you have your own understanding of what the Gospel is?
Explain.
John Piper says:
Quote
The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy. That’s the gospel.
https://www.desiringgod.org/topics/the-gospel#
N. T. Wright says:
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“The gospel is the royal announcement that the crucified and risen Jesus, who died for our sins and rose again according to the Scriptures, has been enthroned as the true Lord of the world. When this gospel is preached, God calls people to salvation, out of sheer grace, leading them to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the risen Lord.” – Christianity Today, June 2009
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...-wright/%3famp
Piper says the announcement that Jesus has become King isn't good news because it means that judgment is about to be made.
Quote
One of the more peculiar objections that John Piper raises against Wright’s understanding of Paul’s ‘gospel’ is that the announcement that Jesus is Lord ‘is an absolutely terrifying message to a sinner who has spent all his life ignoring or blaspheming the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ’ (Piper, The Future of Justification, 86-87). It is, therefore, not good news at all.
https://www.postost.net/2009/07/pipe...ghts-good-news
However, in the article about the interview with Wright, Trevin Wax received an answer which says the Gospel is good news because it results in:
Quote
God’s justice, God’s peace, God’s world is going to be renewed.
In other words, we should not confuse what the good news is with what the result of that news is.
The good news is a fair and holy king has been enthroned. The result is that good people will finally have the system they deserve, and their good deeds will be rewarded.
Who do you think is right?
Do you have your own understanding of what the Gospel is?
Explain.
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