By this Gospel You are Saved
Let us take time today to be reminded of the true gospel of Jesus Christ and be encouraged to hold firmly to it, as by the grace of God we work hard in the Kingdom.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them —yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
THE GOSPEL
- Jesus died for our sins according to the Scriptures (Isaiah 53 & Psalm 22:16-18)
- He was buried (Isaiah 53:12 & Luke 22:37)
- Was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures (Hosea 6:2 & Matthew 12:40)
- Appeared to His disciples and more than five hundred at the same time (Luke 24:25-27)