What is the gospel?

What is the gospel?

One of the most interesting topic in spiritual issues is salvation. Saan ka tutungo pagdating sa iyo ng kamatayan? Have you asked yourself this question?

The word 'gospel' has been commonly used inside religions but the truth meaning and essence of it is not clearly discussed.

There is also misconceptions concerning this matter. Some lessens its power and others don't really believe its power to save.

THE TRUTH IS NOT EMPHASIZED
Most religion has their emphasis on something their religion believes and not on the gospel in which pictures what Jesus has done. The emphasis is on the individual who wants to go to heaven and not on the Lord Jesus who only can save.

Most religion teaches their audience to be good to be saved.

Question #1: What is the basis of that "good" works and what is the extent of that good works.

It is common to say, you need to do good works to be saved, but what and how?

For example: (Just to let you think) Good works varies depending on the person who looks at it. There are things that may be good in my perspectives and is not in others. Have you heard saying, "You cannot please everybody"? Maybe because everybody has his own standard of 'good'. Kaya po mahirap ang katuruan na kailangan gumawa ka ng mabuti upang ikaw ay maligtas.

Question #2: Ano ang mabuti na dapat gawin upang maligtas? Naitanong mo na ba sa nagtuturo kung ano yung mabuting bagay na iyong gagawing upang maligtas? Kung naitanong mo na, napag-isipan mo ba ang sagot?

Di ba ang mabuting gawain na sinasabi nila ay mga gawaing nakikinabang ang kanilang relihiyon na kahit mabait ka sa kapwa ngunit hindi ka kaanib ikaw ay hindi ligtas. Ibig sabihin hindi ligtas kung hindi ka mapapakinabangan ng relihiyon. Tama ba ang aking kuro-kuro?

Question #3: Ano ba ang batayan ng pagiging mabuti? ANG BIBLIYA. Kung ang Bibliya ang batayan patungkol sa kabutihan, ano naman ang sabi ng Bibliya?

Luke 18:18-19
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

There is only one good and that is God.

Kahit pa sa kasaysayan sa Lukas 18, ang mayamang binata dito ay hindi naligtas bagaman sinabi niya sinunod na niya ang kautusan. Siya ay tumalikod kay Jesus at hindi kinilala ang salita ni Kristo. Sapagkat may sariling siyang pamantayan sa pagiging mabuti na iba sa pamantayan ni Kristo.

Good works is loudly emphasized and the gospel is not even mentioned in church that teaches salvation through membership and good works.

Have you ever noticed na dakilain si Kristo ang sarili ang itinataas para maligtas.

SALVATION IS OF THE LORD
Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Wala po tayong kakayanan na iligtas ang sarili natin. Salvation is of the Lord. Sa Dios laman ang kakayanan at kapangyarihan na magligtas. Huwag po tayong madaya ng relihiyon na nagsasabi kailangan kayong sumanib sa amin at manatili. Bakit? May mapapakinabangan sila sa inyo. Kung hindi na kayo matapat hindi ka na ligtas.

Religion is a business ika nga, and most religion is using the 'FEAR' of individual to sustain their ministry. Maraming mga tao takot mawala sa kanilang simbahan baka mawalang kaligtasan, bakit? Because their religion holds their salvation.

Ang katuruang yan ay mali. Napakaliwanag sa Bibliya, Salvation is of the Lord, not of ourselves, and not of works.

Pero inilalagay ng relihiyon sa ating mga kamay ang kaligtasan.

THE GOSPEL
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

This truth about the gospel is not emphasized in most of the religions.

Observation #1: The emphasis of the gospel is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Jesus died, was buried and rose again. This is the gospel. In most religions Jesus is not the emphasis but the good thing for his religion is. It is not what we have done it is on what Jesus has done.

Observation #2: The power of God to save is the gospel. What Jesus has done is the power of God to save. Jesus died, he was buried and he rose again, this is the gospel. This is the power of God to save.

Observation #3: There is no mention of good works or religious membership as the power of God to save.


For example, instead of putting a period (.) on a Bible truth the put a VERY BIG question mark (?)

Illustration:
Notice the punctuation mark.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (The punctuation mark at the end of the sentence is a period)

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life? (The punctuation mark at the end of the sentence is a question mark).

This what religion is doing, instead of believing the Bible as it is, they put a very big question mark.

SALVATION TODAY
Have you put you faith in Jesus today that he is only the way to be saved and no other?