The Gospel is not about the Reformation of Society, but about the Salvation ofthe Soul.

It is common in many circles to talk about "The Gospel" as an act of
Social Reform. "Isn't Christianity about Putting others before yourself"
or "Isn't the Gospel about loving each other and God?".

While both of these concepts are very important, and Scriptural, neither
of these are the Gospel.

The Gospel is the Death of Christ in Calvary for the Salvation of our
Souls from a very real destruction. The Martyrs of the early Church did
not die for the teachings of Christ concerning Goodwill and Charity, but
for the belief that He was the Son of God, sent to the Earth to Redeem
Mankind from His Sin, and that He rose from the Dead proving His Victory
over death.

Paul writes in First Corinthians 15:

1Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received, in which also you stand,

2by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I
preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

3For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,

5and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time,
most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

7then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

8and last of all, as to one untimely born, ^ He appeared to me also.