Why are the reports about Jesus called "the Gospel" and "the Good News"?
Without the Gospels we would not know that God sends his Son to us men out of his infinite love, so that despite our sins we might find our way back to eternal fellowship with God.
The reports about the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus are the best news in the world. They testify that the Jew who was born in Bethlehem, Jesus of Nazareth, is "Son of the living God" (Mt 16:16) made man. He was sent by the Father so that "all men might be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth" (cf. 1 Tim 2:4).
What does the name "Jesus" mean?
Jesus means in Hebrew "God saves." In the Acts of the Apostles Peter says, "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). This is essentially the message that all missionaries brought to people. (YOUCAT questions 71-72)
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