The Christian faith is not a mere collection of doctrines — a bag of
truths. Christianity is a comprehensive truth claim that encompasses
every aspect of revealed doctrine, but is centered in the gospel of
Jesus Christ. And, as the apostolic preaching makes clear, the gospel is
the priority.
The Apostle Paul affirms this priority when he writes to the Christians in Corinth. In the opening verses of1 Corinthians 15, Paul sets out his case:
Now I would remind you, brothers, of
the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I
preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to
you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for
our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he
was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that
he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then
he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one
untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the
apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
church of God. But by the grace of God I
am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I
worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of
God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. Continue at Al Mohler
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