The Gospel

God readies us to see His beauty.
He has freed us from all unnecessary fear.
He wants of us to do good in honor of His mercy
so others too may hear the word of truth
through which He makes known to all His love most dear:

This word of truth living and active is the Gospel,

the good news

that announces

what God has done

for us sinners and for our salvation

by sending His Son into the world,

in fulfillment of the Scriptures.

This Gospel judges the thoughts and intentions of our hearts,

it is the good news

that declares

what God commands

of us sinners to receive salvation from His Son,

according to the Scriptures that cannot be broken.

Search the Scriptures!

They testify to Jesus,
who was delivered up because of our transgressions,
and raised from the dead to the justification of life for all.

Let us together daily examine these Scriptures.

They alone disclose the witness

that God has borne concerning His Son.

And the witness is this,

that God has given us eternal life,

and this life is in His Son.

The Scriptures alone give us the wisdom

that leads to salvation through faith in the perfecter of faith,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

This wisdom is the Gospel,

the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

In this Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed by faith to faith.

This is the great mystery of godliness:

God was revealed in the flesh,

vindicated by the Spirit,

beheld by angels,

proclaimed among the nations,

and believed on in the world before being taken up in glory.

We hold fast to this word we have heard preached,

knowing even if we are faithless He remains faithful,

confessing,

He who has redeemed us to God by His blood

cannot deny Himself.

Thus we believe in Him believing,

as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”