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If you had less than a minute to share the message of salvation with somebody, would you be able to simply summarize the full gospel and nothing more? Could you trim the fat without cutting the meat? Take out a piece of paper and challenge yourself right now, then read on.
In 1 Corinthians 15:1–5, Paul reiterated to the Corinthian Christians “the gospel,” which he preached to them, which they received, and in which they stood (15:1). By this message—nothing more, nothing less—believers are saved (15:2): “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, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve” (1 Corinthians 15:3–5).
Paul’s presentation and argument were tight: Christ died for our sins—in our place. His burial demonstrated the reality of His death, which fulfilled Old Testament prophecies (Isaiah 53:49). Christ rose victoriously from the dead—a fact proven by the numerous eyewitnesses and also predicted in Scripture (Isaiah 53:10–12).
Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead. The gospel is that simple. Though we might need to explain who Christ is (John 1:1; 20:31), show that a person actually needs a Savior (Romans 3:23), or ask a person to respond by faith alone in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8–9), the gospel message itself is simple.
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