Transcript The Heart of the Gospel

Heart of the Gospel
Four Facts
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Royce P. Bell
V2 2003-0526 MV Church, SB
2000-1203 MV Church, SB
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ...
Now I make known to you, brethren,
the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received, in which
also you stand, by which also you
are saved, if you hold fast the word
which I preached to you,...
 You
received it...
 You stand in it...
 You are saved by it...
...unless you believed in vain. For I
delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received, …
 Of
first importance; not emptily
believed, but embraced with design
 What was received, was also delivered
(compare Galatians 1:11-12)
 Not
of human origin
 Not of human development
 By revelation, cf. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13
... that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, and that
He was buried, and that He was
raised on the third day according to
the Scriptures.
~ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ~
 Three
facts  Christ died for our sins
Then...
 He was buried (sealed tomb)
 He was raised the third day
1 Corinthians 15:5-8
He appeared to Cephas (Peter)…
Then to the twelve (apostles)...
Then to more than…
500
(most of whom still alive)
Then He appeared to James...
Then to all the apostles (again)...
Then, to Paul...
Romans 6:1-3...
1What
shall we say then? Are we to
continue in sin so that grace may
increase? 2May it never be! How
shall we who died to sin still live in
it? 3Or do you not know that all of us
who have been baptized into Christ
Jesus have been baptized into His
death? ...
Romans 6:4-8
 Verse
5
If we have become in the likeness
of His death…
We will also be in the likeness of His
resurrection...
 Verse
8
If we have died with Christ...
We shall also live with him
“For there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek; for the
same Lord is Lord of all,
abounding in riches for all who
call on Him; for “Whoever will
call on the name of the Lord will
be saved”
~ Romans 10:13 ~
“Now why do you delay?
Get up and be baptized,
and wash away your sins,
calling on His name.”
~ Acts 22:16 ~
What Paul Preached...
Receive It
 Believe It
The
 Act Upon It
Gospel
 Live By It
 Stand In It
 Be Saved By It
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