What Is The Gospel? (Part 3) - It Is (Centrally and Supremely) A Message About Christ.

The unique person and accomplished, redemptive work of Jesus Christ constitute the heart of the gospel message. The exclusive, solitary remedy for man's desparate moral dilemma is the substitutionary atoning work of Incarnate Deity. The perfectly righteous Son of God suffered an undeserved criminal's death on the cross in the place of real, moral criminals who deserved to die. The obedience of God the Son, culminating in this expiatory, propitiatory, reconciling, redemptive and vicarious sacrifice, is the core of gospel truth. (Other relevant passages include 1Peter 2:24,3:18, Colossians 2:14 and Isaiah 53:5-6.)