BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED
Keywords 15:3-4
For what I received I passed on to you
as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according
to the Scriptures,
1. The gospel is about the person and
work of Jesus Christ, especially his death and resurrection. It is rooted in an
historical event and God’s promises in the Scriptures. Jesus’ death for our sins and his bodily resurrection for our justification is the only real solution to our fundamental problems of
sin and death, and judgment. The gospel offers salvation from God’s wrath and a living hope of his
kingdom. We are saved not by our merits, but by God’s grace alone through faith in Jesus
Christ. Paul preached this gospel to the Christians in Corinth as of first
importance. He reminds them of it again. Likewise, we need to be constantly
reminded of this gospel. We need to hold firmly to it at all times for the
gospel is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.
2. In order to prove Jesus’ bodily resurrection, Paul introduces eyewitnesses, some of whom were
still living at the time he was writing. Paul himself was one of them. His life
was radically changed after meeting the risen Christ on the road to Damascus.
If we believe in Christ crucified and then raised to life, we also experience
God’s grace of forgiveness and his
transforming power in our lives. We can live as witnesses of the Risen Christ
to others as Apostle Paul did.
Prayer Lord, thank you for the gospel of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Help me hold
onto it and pass it on to others as of first importance.
One Word By this gospel I am saved
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