Amen.
In Mark chapter 1 here, verse number 1, the Bible reads,
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And the first thing I want to point out about this first sentence here, the beginning of
the gospel, is that a lot of times when we use the word gospel, we limit its meaning
to just being the plan of salvation or just the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
But if you actually study the Bible, the whole story of Jesus Christ's life, ministry, and
his plan to redeem us, including his death, burial, and resurrection, and everything that
follows is all referred to as the gospel.
And this is why these four books of the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are known as
the four gospels.
The gospel according to Matthew, the gospel according to Mark, and it says here in verse
number 1, the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, because it's the beginning of this
book that's going to tell us basically the whole story.
And so that's what's referred to there by the gospel, and it says the beginning.