GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE
chapter 15
1. Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
2. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5. and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
11. Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
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1 Corinthians 15:1-11GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Key Verse 15:3-4
1. Given the issues in the Corinthian church, why does Paul remind them of the gospel (1)? What does it mean to “take your stand on” the gospel? What does it mean to “hold firmly to the word” in light of God’s unfailing love (2)?
2. What is the core message of the gospel (3-4)? How is God’s unfailing love revealed in sending His one and only Son to suffer and die on the cross for our sins (Joh 3:16, Is 53:3-6, 1 Pet 2:24)? Because of God’s unfailing love, what great blessings have we received?
3. How does Jesus’ resurrection fulfill God’s unfailing love (Rom 4:25)? How does the phrase “according to the Scriptures” reveal God’s unfailing love (Lk 24:25-27)? In what way does Jesus’ resurrection enable us to live forever in God’s unfailing love (Rom 8:38-39)?
4. Why do you think many witnesses of Christ’s resurrection are mentioned here (5-8)? How did Paul experience God’s unfailing love in such a powerful way (9)? How did Paul live in response to God’s unfailing love (10-11)?
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