Gospel, descriptions of

The beauty, authority and importance of the gospel can be seen from the way it is described in Scripture.

In the Gospels

As good and joyful news

Matthew 4:23 See also Mark 1:14, Mark 16:15; Luke 2:10–11

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

As being of heavenly origin

John 17:16–18 See also John 8:28, John 12:49–50, John 14:10, John 14:24

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

As words of life

John 6:63 See also John 3:11–15

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

As being complete and gloriously rich

Colossians 1:25–27 See also Romans 10:12–13; Ephesians 3:8

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God, the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

In the OT

Isaiah 52:7–10 See also Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 61:1; Nahum 1:15

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion. Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

In the NT

1 Timothy 1:11 See also Acts 20:24; Romans 1:16–17, Romans 10:15; Isaiah 52:7; Romans 15:18–19; Ephesians 1:13; Revelation 14:6

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.