我们所传的福音
哥林多前书十五章1至11节
1弟兄们，我如今把先前所传给你们的福音告诉你们知道；这福音你们也领受了，又靠着站立得住，
2并且你们若不是徒然相信，能以持守我所传给你们的，就必因这福音得救。
3我当日所领受又传给你们的：第一，就是基督照圣经所说，为我们的罪死了，
4而且埋葬了；又照圣经所说，第三天复活了，
5并且显给矶法看，然后显给十二使徒看；
6后来一时显给五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到如今还在，却也有已经睡了的。
7以后显给雅各看，再显给众使徒看，
8末了也显给我看；我如同未到产期而生的人一般。
9我原是使徒中最小的，不配称为使徒，因为我从前逼迫神的教会。
10然而，我今日成了何等人，是蒙神的恩才成的，并且他所赐我的恩不是徒然的。我比众使徒格外劳苦；这原不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。
11不拘是我，是众使徒，我们如此传，你们也如此信了。
信息分享
换句话说，福音就是基督为我们的罪死了，再从死里复活。当我相信这个事实，我便可以得着从福音而来的一切福气，并可凭着信心来支取这福气。让我们从这个角度来思想福音：基督若不是为我的罪受死，那么，祂是为何而死？祂若无罪，却要被钉十架而死，就只有一个解释。保罗指出，祂是「照圣经所说的」受死；旧约圣经多处提到祂的死。以赛亚书五十三章4至6节解释得很清楚：「祂为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤……因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安……耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归到祂身上。」
「基督为我们的罪死了」，就是这个意思。当保罗向哥林多信徒重提这真理的时候，他言下之意是要提出一个挑战，他没有直接问：「你们是否持守这真理？」我们今天也可能被问及同样的问题。我们若坚信耶稣基督是我们的救主，我们便可以满有信心地回答说：「是的，感谢神，我的生命完全被这真理改变了。」
保罗继续说明基督复活的真理。他的信息同样陈述清晰：因为基督已经复活，我们在祂里面便得享新的生命；而且，我们在祂再来的时候，会与祂一同复活。
但愿从死里复活的基督，首先在我们心里显明福音的大能，然后再借着我们，向世人传扬这救恩。这就是福音所包含的好信息了。
THE GOSPEL WE PREACH
1 Corinthians 15: 1-11
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy 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 toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
Message
The Gospel then is the death of Christ for our sins plus His resurrection. When I believe this, all its benefits are mine to be received and appropriated by faith. Think of it this way: if Christ didn’t die for my sins then why did He die? If He was sinless, and yet He died, there is only one explanation. Paul says He died “according to the scriptures” and the Old Testament scriptures have much to say about His death. Isaiah 53:3-4 explains this so well, “He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
That is what is meant by those simple words “Christ died for our sin”. When Paul restated that truth for the Corinthians, there was a hidden challenge in his words. He indirectly asked, “Has this truth laid hold of you?” The same question could be asked today. If we know Jesus Christ as our own Saviour we can confidently answer, “Yes, thank God, this truth has changed my life.”
Paul goes on to spell out once more the truth regarding Christ’s resurrection. Again the message is clearly stated. Because Christ is alive, we have new life in Him. And because He arose, we too will share in resurrection ourselves at His coming again.
May He who died and rose again be able first of all to show in us the mighty dynamics of the Gospel, and then through us, show to the world He is waiting to do the same for them? That is all included in the good news of the Gospel.