What did Paul say he received and preached about Christ?
Paul declared that he preached what he also received: that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. He emphasized this message as the gospel he preached to the Corinthians, distinguishing it from what Peter and the twelve in Jerusalem had.
Les explains from I Corinthians 15 that Paul addressed even the carnal church at Corinth as saints, sanctified in Christ Jesus. Paul reminded them that by this Gospel they are saved if they keep in memory what he preached. He did not point them to what Peter and the twelve in Jerusalem had, but to what he preached unto them. In verse 3 Paul writes that he preached what he also received: that Christ died for our sins. But He did not stay dead; He was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Les notes this was not an afterthought, because God had the whole scheme laid out before the universe was created; He was not caught by surprise, and the whole human experience was pre-planned.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
According to Les, how did Paul receive the truth about the grace of God?
Paul received the truth about the grace of God as that which he also received. He declared that he delivered to others what he also received. This whole dispensational truth of the grace of God was received by Paul, and from him it went out to others.
What are the specific facts of the Gospel Paul preached?
The Gospel Paul preached centers on the facts 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. Paul received this revelation from the ascended, glorified Lord, and it is the message by which believers are saved.
More Questions
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.
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.