1 Corinthians 15:3
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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1 Corinthians 15:3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
Notice that the preacher does not make the gospel. If he makes it, it is not worth your having. Originality in preaching, if it be originality in the statement of doctrine, is falsehood. We are not makers and inventors; we are repeaters, we tell the message we have received.
1 Corinthians 15:3. How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
This then, is the gospel, that Jesus "died for our sins", taking our sins upon himself. He bore the death penalty for us, "according to the scriptures." There are plenty of scriptures, Old Testament scriptures, which teach this great truth by way of prophecy.