Message

We are making our way through a letter Paul wrote to Jesus followers in Corinth. Today, Paul reminds us of an important message.


1 Corinthians 15
1 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you - unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. 3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. 5 He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. 6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him. 9 For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church. 10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me - and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. 11 So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.


Message. We receive hundreds of messages every day ... phone calls, voicemail, email, letters, commercials, signs, advertisements, etc. When you add it up, over the course of a lifetime, you will receive millions of messages. This message, “Christ died for our sins,” is the most important message you will ever hear, because the most important issue that you will ever deal with has already been dealt with. Take a minute to reread that message. Let the hope of that message soak in. Let the freedom of that message soak in. Let the peace of that message soak in. Let the importance of that message soak in. Now, share that message with someone else.