The gospel

@kellyjay said
What do you mean when you say the word Gospel? What does that word mean as you understand it?

@rajk999 said
The word Gospel has several meanings but two can be applied to this matter:

1. Good News - the good news is the arrival of Christ and this good news was preached before to all the patriarchs - Adam, Abraham, David etc, that a Messiah would come to save mankind from the sin of Adam.

2. Message / Teachings - Core teachings of a person. eg The Gospel of Paul

Definit ...[text shortened]... message that you have gotten wrong. The Gospel message of Jesus Christ is not in your opening post.

@kellyjay said
The message of Christ is tied up in who Christ is, the Word of God. Anyone can have a message; what makes Jesus different is who He is. In all other religions except Christianity, you can change the messager, but if you keep the message, nothing changes except the person's name at the center of it all. That is not true with Christianity and Jesus Christ; it is as much as who ...[text shortened]... e good news is Jesus Christ, who He is, what He has done, His Word, His life, His eternal salvation.

King James Bible
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

New King James Version
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

@kellyjay said
The message of Christ is tied up in who Christ is, the Word of God. Anyone can have a message; what makes Jesus different is who He is. In all other religions except Christianity, you can change the messager, but if you keep the message, nothing changes except the person's name at the center of it all. That is not true with Christianity and Jesus Christ; it is as much as who ...[text shortened]... e good news is Jesus Christ, who He is, what He has done, His Word, His life, His eternal salvation.

Amplified Bible
. . . the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],

Christian Standard Bible
. . . to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
. . . to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

American Standard Version
. . . to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
. . . The Good News among the Gentiles, the unsearched wealth of The Messiah,

@kellyjay said
The message of Christ is tied up in who Christ is, the Word of God. Anyone can have a message; what makes Jesus different is who He is. In all other religions except Christianity, you can change the messager, but if you keep the message, nothing changes except the person's name at the center of it all. That is not true with Christianity and Jesus Christ; it is as much as who ...[text shortened]... e good news is Jesus Christ, who He is, what He has done, His Word, His life, His eternal salvation.

@rajk999 said
Absolutely, you are correct. You can have your own gospel, which is just your own version of who Jesus was and what he was all about etc. Thats your gospel, and you are entitled to have a gsopel [your message or teachings], with which you are happy. However if you want to call something the Gospel of Christ, and you do not faithfully state the Gospel message of Christ, the o ...[text shortened]... but I do not refer to it as the Gospel of Christ, neither would I tell people their gospel is wrong.

@kellyjay said
We can have opinions about anything, even if we are right about what we think is true; what is true is true regardless of our opinions. Our opinions are only that, an opinion. The truth doesn't change because of what I or anyone else thinks about it, and I can most certainly call out an opinion on any topic I think is wrong if there is a correct answer. To suggest all opinio ...[text shortened]... out Jesus Christ, but even if I were never born, who Jesus is, would remain true with or without me.

Kelly,

Do you remember that in Acts there was a woman with a demon? And she went after the apostle seemingly drawing everyone's attention to them. She did this until Paul was annoyed and casted out the unclean spirit from the woman.

"And as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much profit by divining.

This woman followed after Paul and us and cried out, saying, These men are slaves of the Most High God, who announce to you a way of salvation.

And she did this for many days, But Paul was greatly disturbed and turning, he said to the spirit, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour." (Acts 16:16-18)

Can you imagine that? A demon possessed person seeming to be an announcer of the Gospel.

"These men are slaves of the Most High God, who announce to you a way of salvation."

@rajk999 said
Are you hoping to cloud the issue with your rambling?

FACT : Jesus preached the Gospel [Luke 7:22}, taught the disciples and sent them out to preach.
FACT : Your gospel is not what Jesus preached, and not what the disciples preached

Nothing is wrong with you having your own gospel, if that makes you feel good.

@rajk999 said
I likewise have my own gospel / version of what Jesus did and said, but I do not refer to it as the Gospel of Christ, neither would I tell people their gospel is wrong.

@bigdogg said
But you constantly tell people their gospel is wrong.

@secondson said
If it doesn't agree with Rajk's version it's wrong.

@bigdogg said
But you constantly tell people their gospel is wrong.

@rajk999 said
It is wrong to promote a gospel [as in the opening post] and state or imply that it is the Gospel of Christ, which Jesus preached no such gospel. I clarified this earlier, that if someone leans to a particular gospel [eg. some like the Pauls Gospel] then that must be referred to properly and not called the Gospel of Christ, which is a specific message preached by Christ, who taught the disciples and sent them out to preach.

@sonship said
Kelly,

Do you remember that in Acts there was a woman with a demon? And she went after the apostle seemingly drawing everyone's attention to them. She did this until Paul was annoyed and casted out the unclean spirit from the woman.

"And as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much ...[text shortened]... l.

[b]"These men are slaves of the Most High God, who announce to you a way of salvation."