The Gospel We Preach 1 Corinthians 15 1

The Gospel We Preach 1 Corinthians 15: 1 -8

The Gospel We Preach “I don’t think anyone should write his autobiography until after he’s dead. ” Samuel Goldwyn

The Gospel We Preach “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. ” Yogi Berra

The Gospel We Preach “You wouldn’t have won if we had beaten you. ” Yogi Berra

The Gospel We Preach “I feel my best when I’m happy. ” Winona Ryder

The Gospel We Preach “Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. ” Brooke Shields

The Gospel We Preach “I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada. ” Britney Spears

The Gospel We Preach What is the Gospel?

The Gospel We Preach I. Sin Separates Us From God (3 b).

The Gospel We Preach What is sin? • Anything contrary to God’s standards of perfection

The Gospel We Preach Types of sin: • Imputed (Romans 5: 12)

The Gospel We Preach Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— Romans 5: 12

The Gospel We Preach Types of sin: • Imputed (Romans 5: 12) • Personal (Romans 3: 23)

The Gospel We Preach For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3: 23

The Gospel We Preach What are sin’s consequences? • Eternal separation from God in hell.

The Gospel We Preach …dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. 2 Thessalonians 1: 8 -9

The Gospel We Preach And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20: 15

The Gospel We Preach “I have met no people who fully disbelieved in Hell and also had a living and life-giving belief in Heaven. ” C. S. Lewis

The Gospel We Preach I. II. Sin Separates Us From God (3 b). Jesus Died for Our Sin and Rose from the Dead (3 -8).

The Gospel We Preach What is the significance of Christ’s death? • Substitutionary Atonement (1 Peter 2: 24; Romans 5: 8)

The Gospel We Preach For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. 1 Peter 3: 18

The Gospel We Preach He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. 1 Peter 2: 24

The Gospel We Preach What is the significance of the resurrection? • Jesus defeated death and sin (1 Corinthians 15: 12 -19)!

The Gospel We Preach I. II. Sin Separates Us From God (3 b). Jesus Died for Our Sin and Rose from the Dead (3 -8). III. We Are Saved Through Faith in Jesus (1 -2).

The Gospel We Preach “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. ” John 3: 16

The Gospel We Preach But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. Romans 4: 5

The Gospel We Preach These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5: 13

The Gospel We Preach Review: • Sin separates us from God. • Jesus died for our sin and rose again. • We are saved through faith in Christ.