what is gospel

The word "gospel" literally means "good news" and occurs 93 times in the Bible, exclusively in the New Testament. The gospel is the message that God has given us so that we can experience Jesus Christ as our Savior (the One who saves us from our sins) and Lord (the One who rules over our lives) . The gospel originally meant the Christian message, but in the 2nd century, it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sense, a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus, culminating in his trial and death and concluding with various reports of his post-resurrection appearances. The four canonical gospels are the four which appear in the New Testament of the Bible, and they were probably written between AD 66 and 110. The gospel is the good news that Jesus has brought the reign of God to our world through his life, death, and resurrection from the dead.