"Now the gospel (which means “good
news”) is truly Good News. It announces that what God rightly requires
of us has already been done. Jesus has done it all. Indeed, he himself
said, “It is finished” (John 19:30). Narrowly construed, good news is
that Jesus is the righteous one. We become righteous not through our
doing or obeying but only by trusting, resting in, and receiving Jesus
and his righteousness for us (Titus 2:14). “Abraham believed God and it
was imputed to him as righteousness” (Gen 15:6). “The righteous shall
live by faith” (Rom 1). The good news is an announcement of what God has
done in Christ, that salvation has come, that death has been conquered,
that Jesus kept the law, that he paid the penalty, that he has been
raised from the dead, and that he is ascended at the right hand of the
Father where he reigns. That’s good news. "
R. Scott Clark
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