Gospel?

All this talk about the Gospel, then What is the Gospel?

What is the Gospel? - A Clear & Simple Explanation 

The Gospel simply is this: Christ died for our sins. 1 Cor 15:3-4 is probably the best short explanation of what the Gospel essentially is:

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

The Gospel is the “good news” that God rescues sinners from His eternal wrath and judgment, makes us acceptable to Him through His son Jesus Christ, and brings us to Him forever to enjoy Him. God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him will never perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). And Jesus Himself said, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (John 17:3). Every sinner, all men, deserve God’s infinite and Holy wrath in Hell, but He rescues some of these men by His grace out of love. So simply put, the Gospel is that “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8).

What is the Gospel? – A More Detailed Explanation

The following definition of the gospel, provided by Jeff Purswell , the Dean of our [Sovereign  Grace] Pastors College, seeks to capture the substance of the gospel:

“The gospel is the good news of God’s saving activity in the person and work of Christ. This includes his incarnation in which he took to himself full (yet sinless) human nature; his sinless life which fulfilled the perfect law of God; his substitutionary death which paid the penalty for man’s sin and satisfied the righteous wrath of God; his resurrection demonstrating God’s satisfaction with his sacrifice; and his glorification and ascension to the right hand of the Father where he now reigns and intercedes for the church.

“Such news is specific: there is a defined ‘thatness’ to the gospel which sets forth the content of both our saving faith and our proclamation. It is objective, and not to be confused with our response. It is sufficient: we can add nothing to what Christ has accomplished for us–it falls to us simply to believe this news, turning from our sins and receiving by faith all that God has done for us in Christ.” (*taken from T4G)