What does Les say about the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15 compared to Romans 1:16?
The gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 is the clearest definition of the gospel found anywhere in Scripture, and it is the same gospel Paul refers to in Romans 1:16. It is what Paul preached, what believers received, wherein they stand, and by which they are saved if they keep it in memory.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 gives the clearest defining of the gospel anywhere in Scripture, even putting John 3:16 in the shade because John 3:16 does not tell you everything. He identifies it as the same gospel Paul refers to in Romans 1:16, the gospel Paul preached, which the Corinthians received and wherein they stand positionally. He notes verse 2 says by it you experience salvation if you keep in memory what was preached, so you have to know what you believe and understand what the gospel is all about. In verse 3 Paul delivered what he also received, and Les reminds that Paul constantly refers to receiving the whole dispensational truth of the grace of God, which then went out to others.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
More Questions
Is the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1 the same as the gospel in Romans 1:16?
Les teaches that the gospel Paul declares in 1 Corinthians 15:1 is the same gospel he refers to in Romans 1:16.
What does it mean that we are saved by the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1?
The gospel is that 'by which also you are saved,' and Les substitutes the phrase 'by which you have been made righteous' for the word 'saved.'
How does Romans 1:16 describe the gospel in relation to salvation?
In Romans 1:16 the gospel is the power of God unto salvation; it is the generating power that brings life to a spiritually dead person, just as outside electrical power revives a dead car battery.
Why does this study of salvation begin in 1 Corinthians 15?
Salvation is based upon the Gospel, so the study of salvation begins in 1 Corinthians 15.