What is the purest form of the gospel in Scripture?
The purest form of the gospel is Paul’s declaration in I Corinthians 15: Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, He was buried, and He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. This is the gospel for us, preached to Gentile believers and received by them.
Les teaches that this gospel message is not found back in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, or the Old Testament. In I Corinthians 15, Paul writes to Gentile believers, reminding them of the gospel he preached, which they received, in which they stand, and by which they are saved, if they keep in memory what he preached unless they believed in vain. Paul delivered first of all what he also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Les emphasizes that this is the Gospel, the purest form found anywhere in the Scriptures, and all of Paul’s writings will be pregnant with this theme.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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