What Gospel did Paul preach?

What Gospel did Paul preach? Roman 15:15-16

Gospel of God • That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

The Gospel of • The gospel of the kingdom • The gospel of Jesus Christ • The gospel of Christ • The gospel of the kingdom of God • The gospel of the grace of God • The gospel of peace • The gospel of God • The gospel of the glory of Christ • The gospel of your salvation Gospel Preachers Jesus Matthew Mark John Peter Paul

Jesus Christ v. Paul Mark 14:9 • Verily I say unto you, Wheresoeverthis gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

The Gospel is • A Narrative (including people and events) • A Message (from God to man) • A Proclamation (from a King) • A Promise (secured by the Word of God) • Truth (applicable to all people, everywhere)

Six Pegs G-O-S-P-E-L Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

“G” is for God • The gospel belongs to the One True and Living God whose Son is Jesus. Fact: Only one God can be the author of the message.

Gospel of God • 7 times the gospel is described as being “of God.” Turn to Acts 14:15

What God? There are 15x God is referred to as “the living God.”

Monotheistic is NOT enough • God the Creator • Triune • God the Father • God the Son • God the Holy Spirit

“O” is for Offence • According to Merriam-Webster: • something that outrages the moral or physical senses • Bottom-line • My personal and individual violations of God’s law outrage His Holiness and Justice

Fact We have a S-I-N problem and only God can provide the cure.

Romans 15:15 • Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

“O” is for Offence I so offend God with my sin that wrath is being stored up against a future day of judgment. (Romans 2:3-5)

Romans 3:10-23 There is none righteous, no, not one…For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

“O” is for Offence Luke 12:5 • But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

“S” is for Solution • The solution to man’s sin problem is found ONLY in the Person of Jesus Christ and ONLY in what He Experienced on behalf of sinners. Turn to Isaiah 53:4-6

God’s Solution 2 Corinthians 5:21 • For he hath made him to be sin for us, • who knew no sin; • that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

“S” is for Solution To the Serpent God said • And I will put enmity [hostility] between thee and the woman, • and between thy seed and her seed; • It [HE] shall bruise thy head, • and thou shalt bruise his heel. God’s Promise for Eve to Hear

G-O-S-P-E-L • “G” for the God of the Bible who is the creator, king, and owner of all of creation • “O” is for the offence my sin is to a Holy and Just God • “S” is for the fact that a solution exists to man’s sin problem

“P” is for the Person 4 statements must be understood and affirmed about the Person of Christ

The Person of Christ • Christ is fully and completely divine • Christ is fully and completely human • The divine and human natures are distinct • The divine and human natures of Christ are completely united in one person

“P” is for the Person John 1:1,14 • In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. • And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us

“P” is for the Person 1 John 4:2-3 • Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: • And every spirit that confessethnot that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:

“P” is for the Person • The Person who died for “our sins” is Jesus of Nazareth—sent by God His Father • He is the only Son of God, co-equal with God in every attribute • He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords • He is God incarnate • He is NOT a created being

“E” is for Experience • What did He experience? • Human Birth • Left the glories of Heaven • Temptation and Trials • Yet without Sin • Crucifixion • Suffering • Death • Penal Substitutionary Atonement

“E” is for Experience Hebrews 4:15 • For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; • but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (instead Jesus was)

“E” is for Experience • Affliction • Agony • Alienation • Chastisement • Dehydration • Death • Flesh • Grief • Humiliation • Oppression • Pain • Rejection • Sorrow • Suffering • Travail • Wrath

G-O-S-P-E • God (God made me and owns me) • Offence (My sin is an offence to God) • Solution (The gospel is the solution to my offence) • Person (Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity) • Experience (He experienced death for me)

“L” is for Live Christ lives again so that those who believe in Him might live

“L” is for Live John 5:25 • Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

“L” is for Live John 11:25 • Jesus said unto her, • I am the resurrection, and the life: • he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

“L” is for Live John 14:9 • Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

“L” is for Live 1 John 4:9 • In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, • that we might live through him. Why?

“L” is for Live Romans 1:17 • For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Martin Luther

“L” is for Live Hebrews 7:25 • Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, • seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Acts 20:21 “repentance toward God”

(“G” is for God) Acts 14:15 • And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Question How do I know if my faith in Christ is real?

“L” is for Live John 6:51 • I am the living bread which came down from heaven: • if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: • and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Galatians 2:20 • I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: • and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, • who loved me, and gave himself for me. Does the Spirit of Christ live through you?

What Gospel did Paul preach?