Hold Firmly To The Message
I Preached To You
Brothers
and sisters, I want to remind you of the good news I preached to you. You
received it and have put your faith in it. Because you believed the good news,
you are saved. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. If
you don't, you have believed it for nothing.
What I received I
passed on to you. And it is the most important of all. Here is what it is.
Christ died for our sins, just as Scripture said he would. He was buried. He
was raised from the dead on the third day, just as Scripture said he would be.
He appeared to Peter.
Then he appeared to
the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than 500 believers at the same
time. Most of them are still living. But some have died. He appeared to James.
Then he appeared to all the apostles. Last of all, he also appeared to me. I
was like someone who wasn't born at the right time or in a normal way.
I am the least
important of the apostles. I'm not even fit to be called an apostle. I tried to
destroy God's church. But because of God's grace I am what I am. And his grace
was not wasted on me. No, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. But
I didn't do the work. God's grace was with me.
So
whether it was I or the other apostles who preached to you, that is what we
preach. And that is what you
believed.
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Corinthians 15:1-11
What does it mean to
you when you read God’s grace is with you? It might mean that you have prayed,
you have served, and that you continue to serve and that you think you deserve
to go to heaven. But serving does not get you into eternal life with our
heavenly Father. We will never be worthy, ever. It is His grace that brings us
to heaven. Remember that. The grace we show others is not our own. God has
already given it to us. We can pass along that which we have received from Him.
Good
stewards look for opportunities to pass along to others
what we have received
from the Lord.
When you
know God’s grace, you’ll want to show God’s grace.
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