PREACHING FAITH IN JESUS
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
THE SAVING
POWER OF THE GOSPEL
V:1 Now,
brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you
received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved
if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed
in vain.
A. It is good for us to review the
Gospel truth by which we were saved.
1. The faith we have is not ours to
boast, but ours to proclaim
Though the election by
Jesus Christ before the foundation of
The world.
2. Jesus chose us before there was a
reason to step down out
Of heaven for our
salvation. (Ephesians 1:4).
3. Jesus chose us in Him before sin entered
the universe.
B. Our Savior foreknew our need before
there was a need.
1. In His divine knowledge, He knew sin and therefore allowed
It to come into a perfect
world before it existed.
2. By His divine and infinite mercy, He
planned our salvation.
3. Why Our Savior chose us in Him before
the foundation of
The earth is beyond my
understanding.
C. It is up to every believer to hold
fast to the gospel truths
That we have been taught.
1. To have any doubt is to minimize the blood
that was shed on
On calvary for you.
THE PROOF
OF JESUS PLAN FOR SALVATION
V:3 For what
I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on
the third day according to the Scriptures,
A. One thing we must remember is that
all of the events leading
To the Lord’s death was planned out by Him and made known
To us in His prophecies.
1.
Suffering Servant Isaiah 53:4
2.
Betrayed for 30 pieces Of silver Zechariah
11:12
3.
Hanged on a tree Due
21:23
4. Hands and feet pierced Psalms 22:16
5. No bones broken Psalms 34:20
6.
Atonement of the blood
Leviticus 17:11
7.
Resurrection Job 19:23-20
8. Resurrection after 3 days Mark 9:3
9. Conquer death Isaiah
25:18
10.
New covenant Jeremiah
31:31
Since we
have both the Old and New Testaments it is easy for us
To see Jesus’s
plan of salvation and the fulfillment of His
Redemption of
His elect.
THE PROOF
OF THE RESURRECTION
V:5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to
the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers
at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen
asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of
all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
A. Proof of Jesus' death and
resurrection is found in the testimonies of
The disciples that walked with Him.
1. As we celebrate the resurrection of Our
Lord and Savior
We are armed with proofs
recorded in the scriptures.
a. Mary Magdalene Luke 24:5-6
b. Disciples on the road to Emmaus Luke 24: 13-32
c. To the disciples in a closed
room John 20:19
d. Breakfast on the beach John 21
e. To Paul
Acts 9
f. His ascension Acts
1:3-11
It is
important for us to believe in the scripture as recorded.
To believe
otherwise is to deny the redemptive plan of the Lord.
We walk by
faith and not by sight.
We have Biblical
record of God’s Word dating back 4000 years
Before the birth
of Christ (According to C. I. Scofield )
God has not
allowed His Word to get lost, but to remain in print
For all the
world to read.
God
continues to fulfill His prophecies.
Matthew
5:18-19
I tell you the truth until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any
means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
One thing we
know is evil is all around us. Sin in man began in the Garden
Of Eden with
Adam. Sin in all of its corruption has never been able to destroy
The Word nor
man’s faith in the Word
The proof of
the validity of the Word is its power to influence man
In the hope
of eternal life with Jesus.
THE POWER
OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL
V:9 For I am
the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I
am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of
them — yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it
was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
A. The first thing you and I ought to
conclude is that we do not deserve
The grace of our Lord and Savior.
1. We have all sinned against God at
some time in our lives.
2. Since the wages of sin is death, how
do we claim the grace
Of God?
3. We claim the grace of God because of
His confessed love for us.
4. In John 3:16, God makes our
undeserving testimony to His Love
John 3:16-18
"For God so loved
the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the
world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
B. Paul claimed He worked harder for the
Gospel than any of the other
Apostles.
1. He claimed the blood of Jesus for His
salvation and not his works.
2. All of us should give thanks for the
blood of Jesus for His
Grace is our salvation.
3. Let u be the light that draws others
to Christ.
Rev. M.
Mitchell
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