"What is the Gospel ?"

Have you ever tried to define or explain in simple terms what is "the gospel" of Jesus Christ ?

What exactly is the "gospel" ?

Here is part of the explanation from someone who had asked himself this question many years ago:

The Gospel is not just any word about Jesus or any word Jesus spoke. It is a very specific thing. The Gospel can be summed up in one little phrase: "The forgiveness of sins." In other words, if you have the forgiveness of sins, you have the Gospel. If you do not have the forgiveness of sins, you do not have the Gospel. This may seem like a simplistic concept to many who read this, and indeed it should have an air of sweet simplicity. However in our modern evangelicalism, the Gospel has been obscured and expanded to mean things that stand apart from the forgiveness of sins.

(The full article can be viewed at source :Faith Oasis )