“The gospel isn’t just a message but a new reality.” Oh, that the Body Of Christ would commit herself daily to letting God make her a new & different reality on the earth. This video was so inspiring. Worship of God springs naturally from Wright’s teachings.

The ultimate event of God's promise to rescue his creation, has taken place in the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of the world's true King, Jesus.

Glory to The One and only GOD for HE is worthy of all praise 🙌🏻

The day I got saved, it was when after hearing the GOSPEL (nothing about some kingdom) of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, and understanding that I was hell bound because of my sin; and that Jesus died on the cross to pay that debt in full and that by repenting of my sin and believing on Him as my Savior I would escape that judgment and condemnation. That is the gospel of Christ. He is the way, the truth and the life. He is the Door. He is the true bread. Preaching the "kingdom" is irrelevant without first preaching personal salvation through His redemptive work on the cross. 1 COR. 15: 1-8 JN. 5:24, 3:16

This is so helpful and refreshing. I always did my butterfly work and felt so "secular." But now, listening to Dr. Wright, I have a new wind and excitement from the Sprit that my work is in the context of this new creation, heralding the kingdom and showing others God's glory in butterflies.

saying the gospel doesn't include within its definition the substitutionary death of Jesus - which enables sinners to have the righteousness of God accessible to them - seems awfully heretical.

You the man, Dr. Wright! I'm currently reading your excellent work Surprised by Scripture. What you're actually saying throughout it all (whether you realize it or not) is that the division of religion-science-politics from each other is not a naturally occurring social phenomena but rather that of a very intentional social engineering by the elite who stand to benefit. A timely message indeed! You should just go full maverick and author a book on western history's secret societies being part of the root spiritual problem. T'would be legendary.

Can we have the gospel apart from Christ becoming sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him? 2 Cor. 5:21. In other words the "Gospel of God" which is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. I now have an alien righteousness imputed to me by God's grace alone. I have entered the kingdom of God through the work of the Holy Spirit now to live to delight and glorify him.

The gospel comforts and sets my heart at peace.

I like to listen to NT Wright, such good teaching xx

Brilliantly put!

Thank you!

OK! Amen.

♥ thank you for this message

I would think that "The Good News" is also that God has actually taken up residence in individual humans and, by extension, collections of individuals. Yes/no? "Practicing the Presence" is one way to appreciate that good news.

Yes the gospel is more than just ‘Jesus died for me’, but surely it’s also that as well?

J.I. Packer has a great line: N T Wright foregrounds what the Bible backgrounds, and backgrounds what the Bible foregrounds but Wright does more than that; he denies a crucial component of justification, namely imputation. So, in answer to your question, yes-in denying imputation, Wright is preaching another gospel.

Christ died for our justification and lived for our righteousness. Our sins are imputed to him; his righteousness is imputed to us. It’s all Christ. Not of works so that no man may boast.

If I were an unbeliever, how do you present to me the gospel?

But we do need the righteousness of Christ to be saved from God's wrath. Right?

Are you Good News? Trying asking your family or neighbours, or maybe your co workers!

I have read several of Tom Wright's works on this issue and I still don't understand how his understanding of the Gospel is good news to sinners or why Christ had to die on the cross. How is this not just a moral code? Finally, I agree Romans 1:1b-5a is a great beginning description of the Gospel, however, Romans 1:16-17 is its grand outcome: "the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace . . . For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'But the righteous man shall live by faith.'”

I would love to deepen on his perspective on what is the gospel, what should i read?; is there any book or article that could help me?

Spot on! 🙏🏻🕊️

What a wonderful exposition, Dr. Wright! We are New Creation examples.

Beautifully stated.

Mr Wright, what should be good news starting with the Jews and later the rest of the nations, it must be taken into account that for some Jews a crucified Messiah was unacceptable, for the simple reason that they expected a king who would rise up in weapons against the Roman Empire, and for the Gentiles the Jewish Christ was a failed god who died on the cross. But the apostles and disciples understood the true message of victory and joy.

Unfortunately we heard the deformed and church made good news. Thanks Dr.

Matthew Mark Luke and John

It seems pretty clear to me. We turn from idols, trust Jesus, and recreate the world. That’s an evangelistic call if I’ve seen one.

Ok then, So how do I have my sin forgiven and avoid the justice of eternal wrath due me?

Good explanation

Thank you, Father Tom!

The word gospel in Greek is εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), which literally means “good news.” Actually, the Old English word “news” is a plural word. “New” is the singular; “news” is plural. And so, sometimes in Greek, it’s the same euangelia, “good newses,” as it might be. And that’s what you find, interestingly, in the first century with some of the great inscriptions honoring the Roman Emperors - that, when it’s the accession day of, say, Augustus Caesar, or when it’s his birthday, you sometimes have it carved in stone, that this is the good news, that we have an emperor who has brought peace to the Roman world. Well, that wasn’t always such good news for the people who had been trampled on in the way, but we’ll leave that to one side. The point is that if somebody in Greece or Turkey or North Africa heard the word euangelion, or euangelia, “good news,” that might be one of the first things that they would think of. Unless they were well-taught Jews who had been reading their Bibles in Greek, as many often did. Because in Isaiah - Isaiah 40 and Isaiah 52 - you get the same word: “How lovely upon the mountains are the feet of the one who brings good news, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, your God reigns.” And when we find “good news” in the New Testament - So Jesus, say, at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel, coming into Galilee, saying, “The time is fulfilled. God’s kingdom is at hand. Repent and believe the good news,” what he seems to be doing is very clearly evoking Isaiah in order to confront the world which is full of other people’s good news, which may not be such good news. But what is the good news of Isaiah? It is that the creator God is at last taking his power and reigning and putting things right. That’s what it means to talk about the kingdom of God. The good news of the kingdom is that the God who made the world, who has longed to rescue and redeem it from its trouble, is now at last doing so, even though it’s not going to look like most people thought it would. Now, for Jesus himself, it looks very much like the agenda which you find right through Isaiah 40 to 55, stated in chapter 40, climaxing in 52 and 53, resulting in the new covenant of Isaiah 54 and the new creation of Isaiah 55. You can see all that going on in Jesus’s teaching and the New Testament. But for Paul, it’s very interesting, because I grew up in a world where “the gospel” was the message that “we’re all sinners, but Jesus died in our place, so - phew! - we get to go to heaven if we believe in him.” And sometimes people used to peg that on, say, Romans 1:16 and 17: “In [the gospel] is revealed the righteousness of God.” And they say, well, that’s the righteousness that we need so that God will accept us. That’s a misreading of Romans 1:16ff. But it’s actually a misreading, more particularly, of the beginning of Romans. Because in Romans 1:3-4, Paul actually gives his definition of the gospel. And his definition of the gospel isn’t about a mechanism whereby we can get saved. It is about the reality that Jesus, the son of God, the descendant of the seed of David according to the flesh, has now, having been crucified, been designated son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead. And he is now the Lord of the world. And he summons all people everywhere to live under his lordship, which means turning away from idols, i.e., repenting of sin and the idolatry which causes it, and trusting him, not so that we can then escape this world and go somewhere else called heaven, but so that, as he establishes his sovereign rule on earth as in heaven, we can be already, in the present, gospel-people, people who are, in our own lives, living, breathing, advance-examples of the new creation which he is going to bring about. So the gospel has Isaianic roots. It has perhaps Roman Imperial targets, in that, when people said, “Here’s the gospel of Jesus,” some people would definitely hear this as, “Here is a different message to the one we’ve been getting from the Roman Empire.” After all, Caesar called himself “son of God.” And the Christians talked about “a gospel of the son of God.” Especially in the Letter to the Romans, that was quite in your face. But the Christians were nothing daunted. They went on saying, “Jesus is the gospel in person.” And when Jesus himself went about announcing that this was time for God to become king, he called what he was doing “the gospel.” And he was doing it as well as saying it. Because the gospel isn’t just a message about something which might happen to us. It is a new reality, born through Jesus, energized through his Spirit, catching us up within it, to be gospel-people, people who, in ourselves, as well as in what we say, are signs of the good news that the living God is reclaiming, redeeming, transforming his creation at last.

If the Gospel is about this new reality, then surely that includes the method of transformation which is placing one’s faith in Christ. After all, if one holds that He’ll exists, then surely it’s good news to be transformed to part of this new reality via faith and be spared destruction? And it seems this is what is referred to in verse 5 of Romans 1: the transformation of the person via faith.

This is the salient question, isn't it? Lacking any perfect English equivalent, the old English "Gospel" stuck, but like so many theological terms, it's really just an everyday idea. Something like "public service announcement" might be more accurate! But the Gospel, the "good news" is firstly a story, a narrative, albeit a true one, not a fiction in the slightest. This is the meaning of the Four "Gospels," though the narrative actually continues into Acts with the coming of the Holy Spirit and the calling of Paul. Then, in the second place we have the many implications, the theological implications of this story of Jesus of Nazareth, and this is what Paul has in mind when he speaks (somewhat arrogantly, at least superficially) of "my gospel." Thanks again to Bishop Tom Wright for nudging us back on track, lest we veer off the well trodden path of the Apostolic teaching.

The Gospel is Christ Himself(Ro.1:1-4)

Please welcome the one and the only N.T. Wright

Turns out this isn’t a video that answers the question proposed. N.T Write displays in this video that He lacks understanding of the atonement. Yes, Jesus is real, risen, and reigning, but that is only good news if He has reconciled sinners through His atonement. Otherwise Jesus would not be able to have something called Justice as a reality of his coming kingdom.

So what is the gospel? The simplicity of it It got lost in all the words....

To quote Peter Boghossian “you are SO British”

The main Goodnews is Eternal Life...

Good stuff! (No pun intended) 🙂

Yes, the gospel is about Jesus. In America we make everything about us (me). For example we must remember the bible was written for me but not to me. The bible points to Jesus not me. The gospel that Paul preached was the good news of Jesus not just my personal salvation. It’s Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Thank you Dr. Wright.

Havent heard the actual gospel here......almost unknown today......REAL gospel can be found at 1 COR 15:1-4.......don't add or subtract anything or you will be under the curse of Galations 1.............spread the word!...........

Paul's gospel was given to him by Christ [Galatians 1:11-12 KJV] which God will use to judge man [Romans 2:16 KJV] is found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. read verse 2b carefully and believe.

The Apostle Paul seems to clearly identify the gospel in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. And Roman's 10:9-10. It would have been preferable for him to at least quote and give references to these verses.

I don't see how a new reality is mutually exclusive to the Gospel message. If I knew more about what you mean by this new reality I might accept it, but it has to include the gospel message. The new reality isn't defined well at all and it sounds pretty subjective.

So you don't define the gospel (ie, good news) via scripture interpreting itself, but by the cultural context in which that phrase was written? In other words, scripture is not sufficient, in itself, to give you the information needed to understand the phrase "good news"? You need an outside source from the scriptures to really understand what is meant by the term "good news"? Oh my! Not good.

Everything in this video is wonderful! There's one glaring issue as I read and hear from N.T. Wright. The gospel according to N.T. Wright leaves people in their sin with no "mechanism" (using his word) for redemption. The New Testament very clearly gives us the "mechanism" and in fact states that the gospel IS "the power of God for salvation" and that we will be "justified by faith" and that Christ is "the propitiation for our sins" for "He who knew not sin, became sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God." Wright gives us the glory and power of Christ with no hope of being united with him as our victor. I don't understand what I'm missing in the teachings of N.T. Wright. His writings can be so awkward and lead to so many dead ends. I want to follow along, but he never connects the dots. He seems to cherry pick verses and passages. Does Wright truly believe you must throw out penal substitutionary atonement in order to uphold a Christus victor view? That's nonsense. They're both true. But if only Christus Victor is true, we are lost in our sin. Rescuing humanity from the powers of darkness does not rescue us from our own sin and our own "good deeds" are without power, because we are not justified by keeping the law, but through faith in the work of Chirst.

All that he said at first was fine, until he talked about not going to heaven. I wish he would back that up with texts. I thought the scripture said 1 Thessalonians 5:17 "After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord IN THE AIR. And so we will be with the Lord forever." and 1 Peter 3:13 "But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, where righteousness dwells."

It’s weird how people in church don’t even accept these truths because preachers have neglected to bring these ideas to their flock .

We are commanded by Messiah that, “...repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:47). In other words, we are supposed to preach the gospel that came out of Jerusalem and not preach the gospel that came out of Antioch, or Rome, or England, or New York, or Chicago, etc. By the time the gospel got to Antioch it had already been perverted as we read, “...And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” (Acts 11:26). The problem with this is that YHWH spoke of a people called by His name (Deuteronomy 28:10; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Isaiah 43:6, 7; Daniel 9:19; Amos 9:12; Acts 15:17). YHWH did not choose the name “Christian” for Himself. The people of Antioch chose that name and all the so called main denominations of today embrace that name “Christian” for themselves. When Peter and Paul preached the gospel they quote the prophet Joel, “Whosoever shall call on the name of YHWH shall be saved.” (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Rom. 10:13). The English word "Lord" is not a translation for the name YHWH but is a substitution. I ask you, how many of the church fathers and so called main denominations of today preach that gospel? None of them. Absolutely none! Paul makes it crystal clear that the end result of him preaching the gospel was that the people would call on the name YHWH. He says in (Rom. 10:14,15), The preachers are sent. They preach. The people hear. The people believe. The people call on the name YHWH (Rom. 10:13). I ask you, how many of the church fathers and so called main denominations of today preach that gospel? None of them. Absolutely none! It took only one generation after the death of Joshua for the children of Israel to forget the mighty works of YHWH which He had worked through Moses and Joshua and to began to serve the elohim of the heathen people around them (Judges 2:7-13). It took only one generation! The most important thing that I learned in life is about the mikvah for the bride of Christ. A mikvah is a pool of water used for immersion. It has been used for thousands of years in the Bible and it is still being used today by both Jews and Christians. However, Christian denominations have turned baptism into an initiation for lifetime membership into their particular denomination. However, most believers know that Christ is coming back for His bride. But I just found out last year that every Jewish bride immerses herself in a mikvah before her marriage ceremony. Therefore, the reason I am telling you and my family and friends about this is that the next time you are in a pool of water immerse yourself as a mikvah to be part of the Bride of Christ calling on the name of Yahweh (Jesus = Yahoshuah = Yahweh salvation) for the remission of sins. ... ...

Very interesting, so I take it the gospel from your perspective, isn’t “repent and believe” or “believe and be baptized” it’s more so, “repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand” and you can be a part of it. This is intriguing, but I cant figure out why this is leading John MacArthur (my favorite Nestorian) and RC Sproul (my favorite presbapterian) to call you a heretic. Thoughts?

This is a terrible misreading of Scripture (2:37-4:15). "Sometimes people used to peg that on, say, Romans 1:16&17." Yes, that's what the Reformation was about! Luther, Calvin, Cranmer, et. al. Wright is peddling neo-nomianism (new law-ism), not the good news of Christ's death on our behalf unto eternal life.

The Good News is the coming Kingdom of God. It’s Christ’s Kingdom(under the Father of course). Christ is the King of kings in that Kingdom. But Christ’s Kingdom is NOT of this world(John 18:36). The Kingdom of God is a literal Kingdom, now in Heaven, but soon to come to this earth(Daniel 2:44; Revelation 11:15). God’s Kingdom cannot be obtained by the physical but only after a rebirth into the Spirit realm( John 3:3-8; 1Corinthians 15:50). God promises positions of authority with Christ in His Kingdom at His return, but only to those who have conquered as Christ Himself conquered(Revelation 2:26-27; 3:21)”He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches” v22.

bovine excrement ! 1 Cor 15 gives the definition of the 'Gospel'.-read your Bible folks!

This man denies penal substitutionary atonement. He isn't a Christian, and is preaching another Gospel, which Paul says is not another Gospel, and Paul says the man that preaches another Gospel, he is under the curse of God. That God will damn him.

I do not oppose this

How can someone has so much knowledge of the Bible and yet be so wrong about what the Gospel is? Wright is redefining the clear Biblical definition of the Gospel. And, while doing so, he presents another Gospel. And that isn't a Gospel. So sad 😞

NTW. I’ve read all your books and because you are held in high academic regard, I have found it difficult to admit that the emperor has no clothes. Much of your writing is Gobbledegook. Not even Jesus would understand what you are preaching.

A work of fiction. A bit like Harry Potter.

This world is going to be destroyed, not renewed. Eternal life is in Jesus, the new man. The Gospel you've presented is the Gospel of satan, the synagogue of satan and the antichrist. 2 Peter 3 (KJV) 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 1 Corinthians 15 (KJV) 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Here's the Gospel according to Paul: 1 Corinthians 15 (KJV) 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 10 (KJV) 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Ephesians 2 (KJV) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

False teacher. False Gospel.