The True Gospel

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” -
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. - Acts 15:1, Galatians 2:16 ESV

We hear many things that are said to be "the gospel", yet they are not Christ's gospel. This is not new. Paul corrected the same error in the Galatian church. There was a teaching of "Christ plus" for salvation. There were people teaching that while yes, you had to trust Christ to be saved, you must also be circumcised. They taught you must trust in Jesus to be saved but you must also follow the law. This is a "Christ plus" teaching. They added to the true gospel message, thereby twisting and corrupting it.

The real gospel, as Paul tells us in Galatians 2 - is Christ plus nothing. Christ alone saves us and keeps us saved. There are no works that we can add to what God accomplished for us. It is CHRIST'S righteousness alone that God credits to our account when we believe in Him.

The true gospel brings us peace, and is - as it's name means - "good news"! Hallelujah!