What does Paul's gospel prepare us for, and does it matter whether you know what you believe?

Paul’s gospel prepares the believer for the glory and eternity awaiting him—an existence of unlimited billions of years compared with this brief life. It does matter what you believe: Paul says you are saved, but you must know what you believe and remember his preaching, unless you have believed in vain.

Les explains that Paul is speaking of that which prepares us for that kind of eternity, and by the Gospel Paul preached you are saved, but you must know what you believe. The next part says, “if you remember what I’ve preached unto you, unless you’ve believed in vain,” and then comes the Gospel, which has been stressed over and over. That Gospel is how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, not an accident; God had planned redemption in the eons of pre-eternal existence, in His foreknowledge and counsel, as Peter says in Acts chapter 2. John 3:16 is not faulted, but it does not have this part of the Gospel; it must be used in conjunction with it to make sense today. The world may think believers are kooks for shunning this world’s pleasures for a few years, but they cannot comprehend the glory awaiting the believer—what is 70 years to unlimited billions of years?

1 Corinthians 15:1

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

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What does Paul's Gospel prepare believers for?

Paul's Gospel prepares believers for an eternity of glory—unlimited billions of years rather than this world's brief seventy-year span. It saves them and grounds them in the truth of Christ's death for sins, so they know what they believe and are ready for that eternal future.

Does the Gospel Paul preached save you, and must you know what you believe?

Yes, the Gospel Paul preached saves, and believers must know what they believe. Paul says by this Gospel he preached they are saved, yet they must know what they believe, remembering his message unless they believed in vain. That Gospel is that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.