Where is the most explicit definition of the gospel found in the Bible?
The most explicit definition of the gospel in the whole Bible is found in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, beginning with verse 1. The gospel is also identified as the word of truth, specifically the gospel of your salvation, which believers heard and trusted before being sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
Les explains that because new people come into the program all the time, it is good to revisit the gospel, so he directs attention back to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, beginning with verse 1, calling it the most explicit definition of the gospel he thinks you can find in the whole Bible. Earlier he ties the gospel to the word of truth, which he identifies as the gospel of your salvation—the message believers heard, trusted, and believed, after which they were sealed and preserved with the Holy Spirit of promise. He also notes that, especially in light of the awful things about to come upon the earth, fear may prompt someone to seek God's saving grace, and he asks why anyone would spurn so great a salvation only to end up in the horrors that are coming on the earth.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
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What is the clearest definition of the gospel of salvation in the Bible?
Les teaches that 1 Corinthians 15 contains the clearest definition of the gospel of salvation to be found in the Bible.