What is the gospel message Paul preached?
Paul preached the gospel he received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. He called it my Gospel, the Gospel of the grace of God, the Gospel of Christ, and the Gospel of God, and he knew nothing else.
Les teaches that Paul refers us back to what he received, and this is the Gospel he delivered first of all: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and arose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Les explains that it was all back in the Old Testament, prophesied but never really explained or understood, but now it comes out plain. Christ died for the sins of the world as full payment for the sin penalty, and He did not stay dead; He arose victorious over sin, Satan, death, hell, and the whole bit, and because He lives, we live. Les also points out that Paul calls this my Gospel, the Gospel of the grace of God, the Gospel of Christ, and the Gospel of God, and that is all he knows throughout his epistles.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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Why does Paul keep emphasizing that he received the gospel he preached?
Paul repeatedly brings up that he received the gospel he preached (as in 1 Corinthians 15) because he stands at the head of the long line of sinners saved by grace that make up the body of Christ.
From whom did Paul receive the gospel?
Paul did not receive the gospel from Jesus of Nazareth during His earthly ministry; it came from the risen, glorified Lord, who stopped him outside Damascus and revealed it to him in the desert.