Questions tagged [the-gospel]
The Gospel is a term describing the "Good News" of the arrival of the Kingdom of God which Jesus inaugurated at His first Coming. It has become synonymous with the story of Salvation from sin wrought by Jesus's death on the cross.
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What are the scriptural implications of Jesus' usage, Sons of the Kingdom in Matthew 13:38?
Chapter 13 of Matthew contains several parables concerning the Kingdom of God. The illustration of The Weeds is one of them. In Jesus's interpretation of it, He stated that the good seed represent ...
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Why does The Holy Spirit snatch Philip away immediately after Philip shares The Gospel with the Ethiopian Bureaucrat Eunuch Government Official?
Acts 8:34-40
New American Standard Bible 1995
34 The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his ...
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If the gospel is described in Luke 18:31-34, what gospel were the disciples preaching earlier in Luke 9:6?
If there is only one gospel, which gospel was being preached in Luke 9:6 which preceded Luke 18:31-34.
Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going
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In Acts 13:34, what are the "sure mercies of David" and how do they relate to the Messiah?
[Act 13:34 NASB] (34) "[As for the fact] that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY [and] SURE [blessings] OF DAVID.'
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What mountains is Isaiah 52:7 referring to?
I have read through Isaiah 52:7 time and again. I don’t seem to be coming to terms with how the feet of him that brings the good news are beautiful upon the mountains.
“How beautiful upon the ...
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What Gospel was preached before Jesus revealed the cross? [closed]
I wonder if this particular notion has a special place in theology.
To me the next two notions have quite a bit of impact to what i believe they preached, and we should preach.
1) Jesus makes the ...
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In Matthew 8:18-23 does discipleship involve being an itinerant? Is discipleship as in the gospels obsolete?
Christians today often claim to be disciples of Jesus. However, discipleship seems to involve being an itinerant.
KJV Mat 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave
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Is the Sermon on the Mount intended to be literal instructions?
Possibly Related Question: Did Jesus teach people to literally pluck their eye out and cut their hand off?
The above PRQ is an oft-cited example of proposed hyperbole, and is used completely out of ...
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Paul, apostle to the Gentiles, Peter, to the Jews... But Peter brought the gospel to the Gentiles?
Why does Paul say the following when Acts 10 shows Peter bringing the gospel to the Gentiles?
... the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the
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How can we understand "another gospel" in its historical context?
I frequently hear of approaches used by "other" Christian preachers and groups referred to as competing "gospels", such as the "social gospel" or "prosperity gospel" (or sometimes "health and wealth ...
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