Many people think that the gospel is “good advice.” Let us never forget that the gospel is not good advice, but GOOD NEWS.
It does not tell us what we ought to do for God. It tells us what God has done for us.
It does not offer us lessons from the life of Christ. It offers us life through the death of Christ.
It is popular to attach the word “gospel” to all sorts of activity and work and rules of health and methods of efficiency and success, all of which depend upon our faithful doing of certain things. There is no gospel of salvation in what people do for Christ, but only in what He has done for our sins by His death and resurrection, for “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works” (Eph. 2:8-98For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8‑9)).