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Tackling Tradition 91: 12 Apostles & The Upper Room.

What Is The Gospel? (Part 5)

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This meme represents a classic case of bad theology.  The  prooftext is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.  Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.  3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (1 Corinthians 15:1–4, ESV). If this is the gospel in relationship to the answer to the question, “What must a man do to be justified?” then the answer seems to be “Believe a set of historical facts about who Jesus Christ is & what He did.”   That’s antinomianism.  In 1 Corinthian 15, Paul isn’t answering that question.    Paul us addressing questions within the membership of the Corinthian church about wh...