The Gospel
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. [SUP]16 [/SUP]He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. (Mark 16: 15, 16)
What is the gospel? Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, [SUP]2 [/SUP]by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. [SUP]3 [/SUP]For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, [SUP]4 [/SUP]and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, (1 Cor. 15: 1-4)
Is it necessary to believe the gospel? For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Rom. 1: 16)
Is it necessary to obey the gospel? dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. (2 Thess. 1: 8)
How do we believe the gospel? We believe when we assent to the truth that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and arose the third day.
How do we obey the gospel? We obey the gospel when we die with our Lord, are buried with Him in baptism so that we might arise with Him in the likeness of His resurrection.
How is obeying the gospel accomplished? [SUP]3 [/SUP]Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? [SUP]4 [/SUP]Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. [SUP]5 [/SUP]For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be [SUP]][/SUP]in the likeness of His resurrection, [SUP]6 [/SUP]knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; (Rom. 6: 3-6)
What is the result if we do not believe and obey the gospel by being baptized in the name of Christ? These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, (2 Thess. 1: 9)
God bless.