The Gospel

GOSPEL MEANS 'GOOD NEWS.' In its simplest definition, the Gospel is the true and liberating announcement that God saves sinners.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, the animals of the fields and fish of the seas. He created the universe, vegetation, insects, subatomic particles, and everything anyone has ever discovered. Upon creating all of this, God announced it to be good. He was pleased. (Genesis 1)

The pinnacle of God’s created world and animals is humanity; man and woman, created in His own likeness. Upon creating male and female God announced to all of creation, humanity is “very good.” He was very pleased. (Genesis?)

God lovingly gave his man a name, Adam, and the created man lovingly gave his wife her name, Eve. They were free to reign and enjoy the garden paradise God crafted especially for them, Eden. They were to work it and make it their own, name the animals among them and enjoy perfect unity with God and with each other. Imagine a marriage with no arguments and direct access to the God who’d created you and everything else. Imagine the total absence of guilt, fear, or shame. It was truly paradise.

However, God gave them one simple rule: Do not eat from one tree in the middle of the Garden, the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.”

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