1 Corinthians 15:1-2 You have to receive the gospel and stand in it. The gospel is the means God has provided for salvation! Getting the gospel right is huge!
Romans 1:16 The gospel contains within it power for salvation.
1 Corinthians 15:2 You can’t believe the gospel just once, but you have to hold fast to it.
Kingdom
1 Corinthians 15:3 Christ is a title, not a name. Understanding what “Christ” means is absolutely critical to the gospel message.
John 1:41; Luke 23:2-3 Christ = Messiah = King. What is Christ the King of?
The Kingdom is the time when God sets everything wrong with our world right–an age of unprecedented healing, justice, peace, restoration, and renewal. Those who enter the Kingdom receive eternal life and rule with Christ over the nations.
Cross
1 Corinthians 15:3 Christ died for our sins. Will you accept God’s forgiveness?
Romans 3:23; 6:23 We’ve fallen short; we’ve sinned; we’ve disqualified ourselves from God’s Kingdom.
Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:4 The resurrection is how God has proved that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Messiah, the anointed, the King of the coming Kingdom.
1 Corinthians 15:5-8 Here we see the most ancient list of resurrection appearances. These are people the Corinthians could actually seek out and talk to.
The gospel has three elements: the Kingdom, the cross, and the resurrection. We have to be careful not to leave out one of these essential ingredients.
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