The teachings of Jesus were given orally to the disciples who took an oath to divulge them exactly as received, and only to the ordained, but never in written form. As a result, the writers of the earliest documents used coded cryptography and allegory to disguise the real meanings of the teachings. The Gospel could not be reduced to writing because it was a process that regenerated the individual in harmony with spiritual energies. Thus, the teacher was an agent of Christ who initiated other persons in the Gospel. The Gospel was always taught or applied in the community authorized and established by Jesus, and, therefore, was a closed system. It was this compelling secrecy that eventually resulted in the loss of the Gospel when the original Christians were martyred. The purpose of the Decoded New Testament is to clarify the cryptic message hidden in the encoded writings of the New Testament. Every Christian is entitled to become familiar with the oral tradition of the living Gospel as part of his or her Christian heritage. Standard passages of the New Testament have been placed in the margins for reference. All we can do in the present text is to explain the long history of the Gospel, how it was given, lost and finally repossessed in modern times for all mankind, A reading of the Decoded New Testament is the first step in acquainting the reader with the "Good News".