๐จ NO — PREACH THE WHOLE GOSPEL! ๐จ
(KJV / Mid-Acts 9 / Rightly Divided)
There is POWER in the blood of Christ. ๐ฉธ
We have redemption through His blood (Eph. 1:7).
We are justified by His blood (Rom. 5:9).
We have peace through the blood of His cross (Col. 1:20).
๐๐ป The benefits of Jesus’ blood are RECEIVED by faith: not automatically applied!
๐ฅ But simply talking about “the blood” is NOT the complete saving gospel revealed through Paul!
Our gospel has specific content that must be believed.
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3–4
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel…
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:”
There it is. ๐๐ป
✝️ CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
๐ชฆ HE WAS BURIED.
๐
HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY.
⚔️ THAT is the gospel we preach!
⚔️ FIRST — CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ✝️๐ฉธ
The cross was not merely an inspiring example of love.
Christ DIED FOR OUR SINS.
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:3
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”
Our problem is SIN.
๐ Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
We cannot save ourselves through:
❌ Water baptism
❌ Commandment keeping
❌ Church attendance
❌ Confession
❌ Turning from sins
❌ Religious rituals
❌ Trying to become “good enough”
Christ accomplished the work!
๐ Romans 5:9
“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
๐ฅ His blood is absolutely essential because His death was the payment for our sins.
But the gospel DOES NOT END AT THE CROSS. ⚠️
⚔️ SECOND — HE WAS BURIED ๐ชฆ
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:4
“And that he was buried…”
Why does Paul include the burial?
Because Christ truly DIED.
His burial confirms the reality of His death.
The One who bore our sins actually went into death.
✝️ He died.
๐ชฆ He was buried.
But if the story ended at that tomb, WE WOULD HAVE NO SAVING GOSPEL.
Because something absolutely essential still had to happen…
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ HE HAD TO RISE AGAIN! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
⚔️ THIRD — HE ROSE AGAIN! ๐
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๐ 1 Corinthians 15:4
“…and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
THIS CANNOT BE LEFT OUT.
The resurrection isn’t an optional appendix to the gospel.
It is essential to it!
Paul makes this unmistakably clear:
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:14
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
And again:
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:17
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
๐จ READ THAT AGAIN!
IF CHRIST DID NOT RISE, OUR FAITH IS VAIN!
So preaching only about “the blood” while neglecting Christ’s burial and resurrection is not declaring the gospel in its fullness as Paul defines it.
๐ฉธ The blood matters.
✝️ His death matters.
๐ชฆ His burial matters.
๐
His resurrection matters.
๐ฅ PREACH THE WHOLE GOSPEL!
⚔️ WHY DOES THE RESURRECTION MATTER SO MUCH? ๐
Christ was:
๐ Romans 4:25
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
The resurrection declares that death did not defeat Him.
The crucified Christ is the RISEN CHRIST. ๐
Our faith is faith in the finished work of the One who:
✝️ DIED FOR OUR SINS
๐ชฆ WAS BURIED
๐
ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY
Without His resurrection:
❌ preaching is vain
❌ faith is vain
❌ we would still be in our sins
But…
๐ฅ CHRIST IS RISEN!
๐ 1 Corinthians 15:20
“But now is Christ risen from the dead…”
⚔️ BE CAREFUL WITH “BIBLICAL-SOUNDING” LANGUAGE ๐จ๐
Someone can talk constantly about:
๐ฉธ “the blood”
✝️ “the cross”
๐๐ป “Jesus”
❤️ “grace”
⛪ “faith”
…and still never clearly tell a lost person WHAT GOD SAYS THEY MUST BELIEVE FOR SALVATION TODAY.
That is why we don’t test doctrine by whether something merely sounds spiritual.
We test it by the WORD OF GOD RIGHTLY DIVIDED. ⚔️๐
๐ 2 Timothy 2:15
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Biblical faith is not believing religious phrases.
๐ฅ BIBLICAL FAITH BELIEVES WHAT GOD ACTUALLY SAID, AND TO WHOM HE SAID IT TO — IN CONTEXT, RIGHTLY DIVIDED!
⚔️ WHAT MUST A LOST PERSON DO TODAY? ๐ฃ
Not work.
Not perform.
Not earn.
Not add religious requirements to Christ’s finished work.
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL! ❤️
๐ Ephesians 2:8–9
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Believe that:
✝️ CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR SINS
๐ชฆ HE WAS BURIED
๐
HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY
Trust His finished work ALONE, apart from your works.
And when you believe:
๐ Ephesians 1:13
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
๐๐ป And the SPIRIT baptizes us into the body 1 Corinthians 12:13 the moment we believe our gospel apart from all works Eph. 2:8-9!
๐ฅ No works added.
๐ฅ No religious ritual added.
๐ฅ No water baptism added.
๐ฅ No law keeping added.
CHRIST’S FINISHED WORK — RECEIVED BY FAITH!
✨๐ฅ THE BOTTOM LINE ๐ฅ✨
๐ฉธ YES — PREACH THE BLOOD.
But don’t stop there!
The blood was shed because CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
And our gospel declares:
✝️ HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.
๐ชฆ HE WAS BURIED.
๐
HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY.
๐จ WITHOUT THE RESURRECTION, FAITH WOULD BE VAIN.
So don’t merely preach religious phrases that sound biblical.
๐ PREACH THE GOSPEL GOD ACTUALLY GAVE US TO BELIEVE!
⚔️ 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1–4
‼️ APART FROM WORKS — EPHESIANS 2:8–9
๐ BELIEVE → SEALED — EPHESIANS 1:13
๐ฅ THE CROSS WASN’T THE END — THE TOMB IS EMPTY! ๐
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PREACH OUR GOSPEL! ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ
Grace and peace. ๐๐️
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