The Gospel is the Good News of God's redemptive plan. Why does God need to give us Good News? We are not in a natural born good standing with God because we are dead in our trespasses and sin, Ephesians 2:1. We are in a position of bad news and therefore needing the Good News of God to be received. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.