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Intro:

Believing something doesn’t make it true.

I mean.. I’m sincere..

I believe it deep down in my bones..

Every dog, is born, and even as a puppy.

They open their little eyes.. looking to nurse..

And immediately, at that point, they are endowed with the ability to speak French.

I believe it..

And you may look on, and admire my conviction..

No matter how strong our conviction, we can’t create the existence of a truth that didn’t previously exist.

But tell me..

Even though I am a passionate believer..

We can’t make 2 + 2 = 7 -No matter how strongly you believe in it… there is a solid mathematical principle that cannot be changed..

I believe dogs speak French..

Does my belief.. still make it true?

For, if we change this simple equation from: 2+2=4… TO 2+2=7… then we change everything about math.

Absolutely not.

Why?

Every rule… every formula… every principle… all out the window..

If maybe you muster up some public sentiment...

If you get some politicians and some media folk at your back...

If you can create a victim for your cause…

Then yes… maybe you will be affirmed.

Maybe you can proudly proclaim that 2+2=7

Many will proclaim it with you.

To oppose it might become socially unacceptable..

It might become a new moral issue...

And if you still insist on 2+2=4… then you are a bad person… a bigot… a hater… a racist… an additionaphobe.

And yet… no matter how sentimenally we become about a belief.

No matter how much we turn it into a new moral issue...

Belief… . in and of itself..

Has nothing to do with truth.

Belief does not bring a reality into being.

Belief does not contradict established

We do not create truth..

We might discover it..

We might dig it up.. and realize it..

But truth is not dependent upon us..

It exists.. completely and totally.. independent.. of you and me..

The apostle Paul.. has been addressing this issue..

The people in Corinth.. have been forming their own philosophies.. their own practices.. their own ideas..

The people in Corinth..

Were developing new thought..

On carnal liberty

.. .. on fellowship

.. on “what is / is not acceptable”concerning the practice of the gifts..

On the practice of the gifts..

And Paul has been bringing them back in line..

They had ideas and beliefs..

They were forming their own kind of thing..

But it wasn’t truth..

Truth continued to be the same..

It’s an unmoving and consistent thing..

And it’s to this solid foundation..

That Paul continued to bring them back to..

As we move now into chapter 15..

we will see.. that there is a greater matter to be reconciled..

Paul had shared with them.. the gospel..

That gospel message.. was the avenue through which they discovered and received..

… salvation..

That gospel message.. has some vital aspects to it..

There are parts of the gospel message..

That.. if they were removed..

The whole thing.. would fall apart..

It would be rendered useless.. and moot.

Let’s consider .. three of those vital elements..

FIRST:

Jesus.. is one with God! – He is the same!

He is of divine nature, and He humbled Himself from that glorious estate..

To become a man..

Yes.. in the flesh..

He was for a season.. human..

But in the spirit..

He has always been, and will always be..

God!

THIS IS A VITAL ELEMENT OF THE GOSPEL.

w/o it.. according to the scriptures.. there is not salvation.

SECOND:

Jesus.. received God’s wrath for the sins of mankind..

And thus, paid the eternal debt that we all owe God..

We owe Him.. according to the purpose of our creation..

Man was made to fellowship w/and to worship God.

Since man is fallen.. sinful.

He cannot give God what he owes..

But Jesus paid the debt..

And through Him, and Him only..

We can now have fellowship with God.

Essentially.. Jesus died for our sins..

THIS IS A VITAL ELEMENT.. OF THE GOSPEL

w/o it.. there is no salvation..

THIRD:

After receiving this wrath.. and dying in our place..

Three days later..

He proved it.

How could He conquer death for us,

if He couldn’t conquer death for Himself???

How could He promise a new life forever for us..

If He Himself, didn’t go on living???

So, on day three..

What happened?

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