The Gospel According to the Apostle Paul

When exploring the apostle Paul’s understanding of the “gospel,” we clearly see development of theology within the Bible storyline. The gospel Paul preached was this: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve” (1 Cor 15:3-5).

While Jesus focused the gospel on the Kingdom of God, Paul recognized that Jesus’ resurrection was critical to the good news of salvation. Paul emphasized the cross as the very centre of the gospel message. This has important theological and historical implications.

In our lesson, we will examine the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection and what that means for us personally and our proclamation of the gospel.