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1 Corinthians 15:1–11

9/13/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

A Short and Important Passage
Today's reading is relatively shorter than a lot of them we've had lately, but is a very important passage for a number of reasons.  I'm just going to deal briefly with the foundational one:  it is a very clear and concise telling of the Gospel.  Paul is either reiterating or summarizing what he taught the Corinthians, which he received himself.  Here's what he has to say, separated out:

1. Jesus died
2. He died for our sins
3. The Scriptures predicted this
4. He was buried
5. He rose again (this will be important later on in chapter 15)
6. This is also in accordance with the Scriptures
7. He appeared to Peter
8. He appeared to the rest of 12
9. He appeared to a large group of 500
10. Most of those witnesses are still alive (at the time of writing)
11. He appeared to James
12. He appeared to the rest of the apostles
13. He appeared to Paul

That's being ridiculously meticulous in splitting it up, but the main idea is this:  "Jesus died for our sins and rose again according the the Scriptures.  The OT testifies to this. As proof, He then appeared to many people, most of whom are still alive, so go ask them!  And also to me."  This is a really, really concise telling of the Gospel and a mostly likely a summary of Paul's teaching in Corinth.  We're going to see that the main force of what he's saying is on the resurrection:  miss that and you miss everything.

If you were going to divide the Gospel into several points for sharing, how many would you have and what would they be?  Paul has about 4 or 5 main thoughts about the content of the Gospel (as presented here, depending on how you divide them).  What do you think is necessary?  I think I would probably divide it out something like this:

1. God is creator and King
2. We are sinful and bear the penalty of rebellion
3. Jesus is God
4. He died for our sin and penalty
5. He rose again proving He was God and giving us His righteousness
6. Believe who He is and turn from rebellion to get His free gift of grace

That's a little wordy and you could probably combine some of them, but I think that covers all the major necessary points.  What about you?  Would you present it differently?  How?
Andrei
9/13/2012 05:31:32 pm

In the instances where I've tried to witness, I think I only presented points 2, 4, and 6 in some clumsy form. Not sure how I would do it now... would you recommend your summary as a standard way to present it?

Greg
9/14/2012 02:44:00 am

Yes and no. I think that those six points cover the main Biblical points and make the presentation make a little more sense logically. Leaving out some points might not necessarily be bad, but because we know the Gospel, sometimes we forget that it takes some context to understand how the different parts relate to one another. What I have here is just "bare bones" points, but I would encourage you to find a method you like to fit it into a context/story. I recommend looking up "Two Ways to Live" online and looking through Matthias Media's presentation on the Gospel. I think it's a really good presentation that covers these main points but is incredibly understandable to people in our culture because it doesn't use words that are "Christian"/Unfamiliar. I love that presentation and if you're looking for a good way to share, I highly suggest that.

Andrei
9/14/2012 06:40:11 pm

Oh aight thanks; will try to check it out.


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