What does the word "gospel" mean?

Gospel means glad tidings, or good news. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that God in Christ has made a way of salvation that is open to all mankind. To believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ means salvation, to reject it means damnation (cp Mk 16:15-16; Jn 3:16-18, 36). The gospel of Christ reveals the righteousness of God (cp Ro 1:16-17). But for anyone to believe, the gospel must be preached (cp Ro 10:11-17; 1Cor 1:18-21). The gospel is a sacred trust which God has assigned to every Christian the responsibility to preach (cp Mt 28:19-20; Mk 16:15-16; 2Cor 5:18-19). John the Baptist was the bearer of the first good news of Christ - his preaching was the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ (cp Mk 1:1-8 with Mt 3:1-3; 11:7-15; Lk 16:16). Gospel is from the same Greek word, euaggelion, from which the word Evangelist - one who preaches the good news - is derived.

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