As I said earlier, the gospel is not “If you believe in Jesus, you can go to the Good Place when you die.” Mark summarizes the gospel as “The kingdom of God has come near.”[33] Paul’s one-line summary is “Jesus is Lord”[34] (another way of saying the same thing). The gospel is that Jesus is the ultimate power in the universe and that life with him is now available to all. Through his birth, life, teachings, miracles, death, resurrection, ascension, and gift of the Spirit, Jesus has saved, is saving, and will save all creation. And through apprenticeship to Jesus, we can enter into this kingdom
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