The Gospel is the good news about Jesus Christ and all that He has done for the salvation of sinners. The English word "Gospel" and the Greek word it translates both mean "good news." The Greek word is behind the words "evangelize," "evangelism," and "evangelical." God the Father loved us sinners so much that He sent His Son to be our Savior (John 3:16). Jesus Christ is both God and Man. He lived the sinless life that we should have lived. But He became guilty in God's eyes for our sin. He died for our guilt. He completely suffered the punishment that we deserved. He earned the forgiveness of sins and eternal life for all mankind (John 1:29; 1 John 2:2). To prove that, He rose from the dead, coming back to life in His body (1 Corinthians 15). The Gospel is good news. But we know it as good news only when we have

first been convinced of the bad news (Romans 6:23). The bad news is the Law of God. There is nothing wrong with the Law. But there is plenty wrong with us. That Law is bad news because we are sinners. The Law would not condemn us if we were not sinners. The Law is the bad news of God's anger against sin.