The word gospel means “good news”.
It is God’s gift of salvation, through the Lord Jesus Christ, by his death on the cross.
Here is the gospel: “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures… he was buried, and …he rose again the third day…” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
The Bible shows us: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Not any one of us can measure up to God’s holy, perfect standard – not by any efforts of our own we can make. No works or religion can connect us to God because of the sin barrier.
Our sin has a penalty. The Bible says “the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23). Unless Jesus saves us, the judgment of God is against us. We face the penalty for our sin – which is Hell – a place of eternal punishment and fire.