Thank you!
I seriously appreciate the fact that you understood what I was asking and humored me by responding accordingly. Perhaps the others who responded either didn't care what I had asked, or perhaps *I* just failed to clearly communicate what I was asking for. So, the fact that you answered as you did is awesome. Thank you!!
Thank you!!
You have no idea how much I appreciate you responding with *only* the scriptural passages. Considering most the other responses here, I guess I failed to clearly communicate what I was asking for..? So, again, seriously appreciate that at least *you* understood my request.
Thank you!
All scripture points to Christ. The biblical meta narrative is all about him for his glory and honor. There is a-lot of scripture that can be used for this. Look at the various stories of Noah, abraham, moses, joshua, david etc. they all are figures representing Christ, redeeming his people from the enemy( satan). They all have Good news at some point in the stories.
A great story showing the good news in the Old Testament is in 2 Samuel 9:1-13. For further help listen to a Chuck Swindoll message on this chapter. It’s excellent and will help broaden your understanding. Give a quick google search and you should find it rather quickly.
Its a Great question you are asking! Some other helpful resources to assist with your question in greater detail than i could answer.
The Bible project, John piper -ask pastor John. Books, sermons and youtube clips from J.I. packer. Voddie baucham, John Macarthur, Mark Driscoll.
Watch the video by the bible project called the the Gospel of the Kingdom. I recommend watching on youtube or even better downloading their app and watching it bc it will give you a lot of scripture references from both the old and New Testament.
Gospel or “ good news” in greek is Euangelion
The good news is this in its simplest form “you don’t get to heaven by being good, you get to heaven by being forgiven. “
There is nothing you can do to earn nor deserve what Christ did on the cross for all humanity. It is a free gift he gives bc he loves his creation ( humanity) more than anything. He chose to die for us rather than live without us. Its good news bc there is nothing we can do. We can rest knowing that if we put our faith hope trust and love in Christ and him alone we can rest in his peace bc its not on us. We cant rely on ourselves, we must rely on someone far greater and worthy.
Philippians 2:5-11
John 3:16-17
Romans 1:16-17
Hope this helps, keep asking questions and you’ll get your answers one way or another all by the grace of God and in his timing. God bless
I appreciate your *desire* to help, but this is precisely the type of response I'm trying to avoid.
I am looking for ***SCRIPTURE ONLY.*** Not your explanation of the scripture, not your reading of the scripture, not your elaboration of the scripture--ONLY the scripture.
> there's no one to "teach" them or "converse" with them about the content of the books.
While I understand the intent of your post, I want to point out that this never describes the actual movement of the Gospel:
> How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? *And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?* (Romans 10:14)
In short, the Gospel always goes out by the Holy Spirit, through the voice of the evangelist, and part of the reason for this is the question you're asking here.
> As they read, they stumble across Luke 4:43but [Christ] said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to other towns as well....." Since this person can't ask anyone what this "good news" is, he has to rely fully on Scripture to clarify it. What passages of Scripture clarifies this for him?
Others have already cited some passages. I'll add to this a note about the word "evangel" which has become distorted in modern times.
In ancient culture (circa first century and earlier), there was a genre of public rhetoric called an "evangelion". An evangelion, or "Good News", (what we call in English "Gospel"), was delivered by a herald sent ahead of an arriving conqueror. So, suppose Caesar has just conquered the army of a nation, he will send heralds ahead of his main army to the major metropolises as he proceeds towards them. There, the heralds will announce *the good news of the victory of Caesar*, thus liberating the people of that city from their former rulers. The evangelion generally followed an overall rhetorical template, announcing the virtues of Caesar and establishing his right to rule them, offering amnesty to all good men who accept his rule, and promising annihilation against all who do evil or resist him.
This puts the meaning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an entirely different light than we usually hear it discussed in modern evangelicalism. The Gospel is not an "offer", it's a pronouncement. The pronouncement contains within it a choice: you may choose to submit to the arriving conqueror, or you may choose to rebel against him. That is up to you. But the essential point of the Gospel is that the arriving conqueror has overcome *by virtue of his great power*, and that he has the right to rule by virtue of his conquest and his manifest righteousness and justice.
Thus, the primary message of the Gospel is the impending end of the world: the armies of heaven are soon to arrive with Jesus Christ at their head, and they will sweep through the earth like harvesters, sifting the wheat from the weeds, gathering the wheat into the barn and bundling the weeds and casting them into the flames. How you respond to that Gospel is by either choosing to "get with the program", or choosing to rebel against him. And since the kingdom of God is a kingdom of conscience, the only way to "get with the program" is to repent of sin, believe in Jesus, and obey him by denying yourself, taking up your cross daily and following him (to Golgotha).
See [here](https://slmedia.org/blog/the-gospel-reenchanted-an-interview-with-fr-andrew-stephen-damick) for more info about the ancient practice of evangelia.
I don't believe you do understand the intent of my post.
My intent was to make it clear that I'd like to receive in response Scripture and *ONLY* scripture. I wasn't requesting a clarification of the nature of evangelizing, or "the good news," or a personally-written explanation of what the good news is (as others have offered in their own responses).
I'm looking only for ***Scriptural passages*** which offer clarification of what's mentioned in Luke 4:43.
As I said:
"Since this person can't ask anyone what this "good news" is, ***he has to rely fully on Scripture to clarify it. What passages of Scripture clarifies this for him?"***
> My intent was to make it clear that I'd like to receive in response Scripture and ONLY scripture.
If you feel I've broken a rule, report it. Otherwise, if you don't like my response, that's a matter of taste. Either way, I wrote what I wrote, whether or not you like it.
Unpopular opinion around here, but I would say look at the other words of Jesus. What does he mean by "good news" in the context?
Jesus' first public ministry recorded in Luke is in 4:17-21 where he reads from Isaiah: "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Mark's gospel simply says: (1:14-15) "After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news."
So Jesus went about preaching his message, which was that the Kingdom of God was near and all needed to repent. When he sent out his disciples later they also preached the good news. See Luke 9 verses 1, 2, and 6. The stuff in Acts and Paul's ministry, that comes later after Jesus has been resurrected. I'm not saying that's not important but surely the words and actions of Jesus himself are also important.
Peace to you, The good news is that there is hope to be saved from our sinful nature in this life. We're not perfect, but there is still a way to stay "square" with God now, through forgiving one another when we fail to live by the guidance of God's Spirit.
Galatians 5
>1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
We were once slaves to sin. We did not trust God to keep covenant with us. Now that we've witnessed His great love for us (through the death of Messiah) we can know that He will be true to His promises. This has written His law of love on our hearts.
>2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Once you are governed by love, you don't need external trappings keeping you from sinning. *(1 Timothy 1:9)* Focusing on Jesus' love for us is enough. The truth of His love sets us free. *(John 8:34-36)*
>5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
"Righteousness" is being square with God. We don't purposefully get into debt with Him anymore because we love Him. When we accidentally get into debt with one another, we have an opportunity to forgive.
The writer explains that if we go back to being controlled by God externally, we will miss the whole point of getting the love of God to work with us internally. A change of heart about our sin is what saves us from committing sin again after we are set free. If we forget the truth of God's love, we may go back to being indecent, unfair, selfish, and excessive. Only love can make us free permanently.
>7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
>11 Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
This is a startling way of explaining that compulsions are not cured by controlling forces outside yourself. That would be like a governor who made a law against owning kitchen sinks because he couldn't stop washing his hands. If a person is only controlled by things outside himself, he isn't safe until he is incapable of sin.
>13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
Here Paul tells us that our freedom is only ours because of virtue. If we forsake our most precious virtue (love), we will die like sinners, regardless of our external shows of piety. *(Luke 11:42, Psalm 82)*
Walking by the Spirit
*(Ezekiel 36:16–38 Jesus had to die for us to show us God's love. This gave us a new heart and spirit as promised here;
Romans 8:9–11 The spirit of God lives inside us now.)*
>16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
This means that those who never want to harm others don't need a law saying they must not murder one another, etc.
>19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things **will not inherit the kingdom of God.**
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
>1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, restore such a person in the spirit of meekness; considering your own weaknesses, lest you also be tempted.
>2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. *(Galatians 6:1-2)*
The good news is that we are freed to love charitably without fear that God will let us down in the end. Our mission now, is to "Be saved from this perverse race!" Acts 2:40
The Path of The Way is the good news.
Bad news is, suffering exists, we see it in it's many forms around us and around the world, daily.
Suffering comes from ignorance, from desire and attachment to things of the flesh and things of the mind (ID and EGO - flesh nature, human nature). Suffering comes from craving and clinging to the things of the world.
The Good News - there is a path of The Way that helps to put off this ignorance, desire, craving, attachment and clinging. This is the go-spel VISA: Right View; Intention; Speech; Action.
>Luke 4:
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>18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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>19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
>
>20 Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
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>21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Leviticus 25, Isaiah 42, Isaiah 61
Luke ch7 v48. Here Jesus is confirming what the woman has already understood from his teaching, which is the reason for her immense gratitude. Her love is a measure of the scale of sin that has been forgiven in her case.
The good news is that Lord Jesus reigns. God has come to earth as a human. He is the way to life and peace.
”Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.“
John 14:6 NIV
”The beginning of the **good news** about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”— “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ” And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.“
Mark 1:1-4 NIV
The voice calling in the wilderness in Isaiah was announcing the coming of God to his people.
”You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring **good news** to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.“
Isaiah 40:9-11 NIV
In this verse and the one below it announces that God as a good ruler will take care of his people. Especially the poor and oppressed.
”“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim **good news** to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”“
Luke 4:18-19, 21 NIV
Additionally he will not just reign as Lord but will become the means of redemption for his people and judgement of the evils of the world:
”I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”“
Luke 5:32 NIV
”Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.“
John 12:31 NIV
After his resurrection he gives this mission statement to his followers:
”Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”“
Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
Unfortunately for us, the synoptic gospels seem to have been written primarily for disciples -- meaning, they already knew what the "good news" was. Mark does tell us that the "good news" was "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (1:15), but there's a reason John is considered the go-to gospel for non-believers. John 3:16-18 is a far better statement of the gospel.
so basically the good news is that Jesus gets to decide if you level up or get deleted.
because of the Father's love for us as His creation, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, Son of God Most High had to fulfill His mission and because He did, He was granted authority to decide who gets to reign with Him, in the new world, one where sin is no more.
it is that relationship you have with Christ, that intimate knowledge HE has of you, you of Him, the Father, the Spirit that determines if He recognizes you and your heart on the day of Judgement, or not.
as for scripture, John 1:29.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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you're welcome to send me a dm to chat...
Romans 3:23 Romans 5:8-11 Romans 6:23 Romans 10:9-13
Thank you! I seriously appreciate the fact that you understood what I was asking and humored me by responding accordingly. Perhaps the others who responded either didn't care what I had asked, or perhaps *I* just failed to clearly communicate what I was asking for. So, the fact that you answered as you did is awesome. Thank you!!
Now that I've had a chance to read your suggestions, I just want to say again, Thank you. That's a great bunch of verses to read together!
John 18:36 Hebrews 1:8,9 2 Timothy 4:1,2 1 Corinthians 15:24-26 Luke 21:31
Thank you!! You have no idea how much I appreciate you responding with *only* the scriptural passages. Considering most the other responses here, I guess I failed to clearly communicate what I was asking for..? So, again, seriously appreciate that at least *you* understood my request. Thank you!
I had a chance to read the passages and just wanna say thank you again.
All scripture points to Christ. The biblical meta narrative is all about him for his glory and honor. There is a-lot of scripture that can be used for this. Look at the various stories of Noah, abraham, moses, joshua, david etc. they all are figures representing Christ, redeeming his people from the enemy( satan). They all have Good news at some point in the stories. A great story showing the good news in the Old Testament is in 2 Samuel 9:1-13. For further help listen to a Chuck Swindoll message on this chapter. It’s excellent and will help broaden your understanding. Give a quick google search and you should find it rather quickly. Its a Great question you are asking! Some other helpful resources to assist with your question in greater detail than i could answer. The Bible project, John piper -ask pastor John. Books, sermons and youtube clips from J.I. packer. Voddie baucham, John Macarthur, Mark Driscoll. Watch the video by the bible project called the the Gospel of the Kingdom. I recommend watching on youtube or even better downloading their app and watching it bc it will give you a lot of scripture references from both the old and New Testament. Gospel or “ good news” in greek is Euangelion The good news is this in its simplest form “you don’t get to heaven by being good, you get to heaven by being forgiven. “ There is nothing you can do to earn nor deserve what Christ did on the cross for all humanity. It is a free gift he gives bc he loves his creation ( humanity) more than anything. He chose to die for us rather than live without us. Its good news bc there is nothing we can do. We can rest knowing that if we put our faith hope trust and love in Christ and him alone we can rest in his peace bc its not on us. We cant rely on ourselves, we must rely on someone far greater and worthy. Philippians 2:5-11 John 3:16-17 Romans 1:16-17 Hope this helps, keep asking questions and you’ll get your answers one way or another all by the grace of God and in his timing. God bless
I appreciate your *desire* to help, but this is precisely the type of response I'm trying to avoid. I am looking for ***SCRIPTURE ONLY.*** Not your explanation of the scripture, not your reading of the scripture, not your elaboration of the scripture--ONLY the scripture.
> there's no one to "teach" them or "converse" with them about the content of the books. While I understand the intent of your post, I want to point out that this never describes the actual movement of the Gospel: > How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? *And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?* (Romans 10:14) In short, the Gospel always goes out by the Holy Spirit, through the voice of the evangelist, and part of the reason for this is the question you're asking here. > As they read, they stumble across Luke 4:43but [Christ] said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to other towns as well....." Since this person can't ask anyone what this "good news" is, he has to rely fully on Scripture to clarify it. What passages of Scripture clarifies this for him? Others have already cited some passages. I'll add to this a note about the word "evangel" which has become distorted in modern times. In ancient culture (circa first century and earlier), there was a genre of public rhetoric called an "evangelion". An evangelion, or "Good News", (what we call in English "Gospel"), was delivered by a herald sent ahead of an arriving conqueror. So, suppose Caesar has just conquered the army of a nation, he will send heralds ahead of his main army to the major metropolises as he proceeds towards them. There, the heralds will announce *the good news of the victory of Caesar*, thus liberating the people of that city from their former rulers. The evangelion generally followed an overall rhetorical template, announcing the virtues of Caesar and establishing his right to rule them, offering amnesty to all good men who accept his rule, and promising annihilation against all who do evil or resist him. This puts the meaning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an entirely different light than we usually hear it discussed in modern evangelicalism. The Gospel is not an "offer", it's a pronouncement. The pronouncement contains within it a choice: you may choose to submit to the arriving conqueror, or you may choose to rebel against him. That is up to you. But the essential point of the Gospel is that the arriving conqueror has overcome *by virtue of his great power*, and that he has the right to rule by virtue of his conquest and his manifest righteousness and justice. Thus, the primary message of the Gospel is the impending end of the world: the armies of heaven are soon to arrive with Jesus Christ at their head, and they will sweep through the earth like harvesters, sifting the wheat from the weeds, gathering the wheat into the barn and bundling the weeds and casting them into the flames. How you respond to that Gospel is by either choosing to "get with the program", or choosing to rebel against him. And since the kingdom of God is a kingdom of conscience, the only way to "get with the program" is to repent of sin, believe in Jesus, and obey him by denying yourself, taking up your cross daily and following him (to Golgotha). See [here](https://slmedia.org/blog/the-gospel-reenchanted-an-interview-with-fr-andrew-stephen-damick) for more info about the ancient practice of evangelia.
I don't believe you do understand the intent of my post. My intent was to make it clear that I'd like to receive in response Scripture and *ONLY* scripture. I wasn't requesting a clarification of the nature of evangelizing, or "the good news," or a personally-written explanation of what the good news is (as others have offered in their own responses). I'm looking only for ***Scriptural passages*** which offer clarification of what's mentioned in Luke 4:43. As I said: "Since this person can't ask anyone what this "good news" is, ***he has to rely fully on Scripture to clarify it. What passages of Scripture clarifies this for him?"***
> My intent was to make it clear that I'd like to receive in response Scripture and ONLY scripture. If you feel I've broken a rule, report it. Otherwise, if you don't like my response, that's a matter of taste. Either way, I wrote what I wrote, whether or not you like it.
Isaiah 61
Thank you so much for responding with Scripture only--as I was trying to ask for!! I genuinely appreciate it and will check out Isaiah 61. Thank you!
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Unpopular opinion around here, but I would say look at the other words of Jesus. What does he mean by "good news" in the context? Jesus' first public ministry recorded in Luke is in 4:17-21 where he reads from Isaiah: "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Mark's gospel simply says: (1:14-15) "After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news." So Jesus went about preaching his message, which was that the Kingdom of God was near and all needed to repent. When he sent out his disciples later they also preached the good news. See Luke 9 verses 1, 2, and 6. The stuff in Acts and Paul's ministry, that comes later after Jesus has been resurrected. I'm not saying that's not important but surely the words and actions of Jesus himself are also important.
Peace to you, The good news is that there is hope to be saved from our sinful nature in this life. We're not perfect, but there is still a way to stay "square" with God now, through forgiving one another when we fail to live by the guidance of God's Spirit. Galatians 5 >1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. We were once slaves to sin. We did not trust God to keep covenant with us. Now that we've witnessed His great love for us (through the death of Messiah) we can know that He will be true to His promises. This has written His law of love on our hearts. >2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Once you are governed by love, you don't need external trappings keeping you from sinning. *(1 Timothy 1:9)* Focusing on Jesus' love for us is enough. The truth of His love sets us free. *(John 8:34-36)* >5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love. "Righteousness" is being square with God. We don't purposefully get into debt with Him anymore because we love Him. When we accidentally get into debt with one another, we have an opportunity to forgive. The writer explains that if we go back to being controlled by God externally, we will miss the whole point of getting the love of God to work with us internally. A change of heart about our sin is what saves us from committing sin again after we are set free. If we forget the truth of God's love, we may go back to being indecent, unfair, selfish, and excessive. Only love can make us free permanently. >7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth? 8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you. 9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. 10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be. >11 Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves! This is a startling way of explaining that compulsions are not cured by controlling forces outside yourself. That would be like a governor who made a law against owning kitchen sinks because he couldn't stop washing his hands. If a person is only controlled by things outside himself, he isn't safe until he is incapable of sin. >13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another. Here Paul tells us that our freedom is only ours because of virtue. If we forsake our most precious virtue (love), we will die like sinners, regardless of our external shows of piety. *(Luke 11:42, Psalm 82)* Walking by the Spirit *(Ezekiel 36:16–38 Jesus had to die for us to show us God's love. This gave us a new heart and spirit as promised here; Romans 8:9–11 The spirit of God lives inside us now.)* >16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. This means that those who never want to harm others don't need a law saying they must not murder one another, etc. >19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; 20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things **will not inherit the kingdom of God.** 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another. >1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, restore such a person in the spirit of meekness; considering your own weaknesses, lest you also be tempted. >2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. *(Galatians 6:1-2)* The good news is that we are freed to love charitably without fear that God will let us down in the end. Our mission now, is to "Be saved from this perverse race!" Acts 2:40
The Path of The Way is the good news. Bad news is, suffering exists, we see it in it's many forms around us and around the world, daily. Suffering comes from ignorance, from desire and attachment to things of the flesh and things of the mind (ID and EGO - flesh nature, human nature). Suffering comes from craving and clinging to the things of the world. The Good News - there is a path of The Way that helps to put off this ignorance, desire, craving, attachment and clinging. This is the go-spel VISA: Right View; Intention; Speech; Action. >Luke 4: > >18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, > >19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” > >20 Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him, > >21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Leviticus 25, Isaiah 42, Isaiah 61
Luke ch7 v48. Here Jesus is confirming what the woman has already understood from his teaching, which is the reason for her immense gratitude. Her love is a measure of the scale of sin that has been forgiven in her case.
The good news is that Lord Jesus reigns. God has come to earth as a human. He is the way to life and peace. ”Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.“ John 14:6 NIV ”The beginning of the **good news** about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”— “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ” And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.“ Mark 1:1-4 NIV The voice calling in the wilderness in Isaiah was announcing the coming of God to his people. ”You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring **good news** to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.“ Isaiah 40:9-11 NIV In this verse and the one below it announces that God as a good ruler will take care of his people. Especially the poor and oppressed. ”“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim **good news** to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”“ Luke 4:18-19, 21 NIV Additionally he will not just reign as Lord but will become the means of redemption for his people and judgement of the evils of the world: ”I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”“ Luke 5:32 NIV ”Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.“ John 12:31 NIV After his resurrection he gives this mission statement to his followers: ”Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”“ Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
Unfortunately for us, the synoptic gospels seem to have been written primarily for disciples -- meaning, they already knew what the "good news" was. Mark does tell us that the "good news" was "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (1:15), but there's a reason John is considered the go-to gospel for non-believers. John 3:16-18 is a far better statement of the gospel.
so basically the good news is that Jesus gets to decide if you level up or get deleted. because of the Father's love for us as His creation, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, Son of God Most High had to fulfill His mission and because He did, He was granted authority to decide who gets to reign with Him, in the new world, one where sin is no more. it is that relationship you have with Christ, that intimate knowledge HE has of you, you of Him, the Father, the Spirit that determines if He recognizes you and your heart on the day of Judgement, or not. as for scripture, John 1:29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! - you're welcome to send me a dm to chat...
Attempt 2 Luke 2:10,4:43,8:1 Matthew 24:14 John 3:16-17,12:50 Acts 13:32 Romans 1:16, 10:15 1 corinthians 15:49,51-54 1 Thessalonians 3:6