“The Gospel”
The gospel is the good news, the “glad tidings.... that he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness” (D&C 76:40-41; cf. 3 Nephi 27:13-14). Christ came to preach the gospel, to declare his own position as Lord and Savior-the Way to the Father-and to put into effect the terms and conditions of the plan of the Father. In a broad sense, the gospel embraces all truth, comprehending the verities of science, philosophy, and the arts. In a saving sense or as used in the scriptures, however, the gospel is the proclamation of peace that salvation is in Christ, and the principles of the gospel are those articles of adoption to which one must subscribe to gain citizenship in the kingdom of God. (See Teachings, p. 328.)