“ Paul's Gospel ”
Paul’s Gospel has to do with SIN-DEATH-FORGIVENESS-RESURRECTION. The power of Christ’s resurrected life was to restore his Spirit which was lost in Adam. God created humanity to have his Holy Spirit or the breath of life within us (Genesis 2). Mankind was spiritually alive to God until we sinned causing the life to depart from within us. The absence of life is death. No one is in God’s image after the fall, but in the image of unbelieving Adam. All are spiritually dead. Christ came and died for the sins of the world in order to offer his salvation to the world. If Christ would not have died for all sins as the scriptures clearly proclaim, there would be no salvation to offer or give anyone. And even though the world was reconciled by the death of Christ, we are saved by the life of Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:22: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:56: “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.” This is why Paul says he is now “dead to the law” so he could walk in the newness of the Spirit. Christ is the life-giving Spirit which is our salvation. Christ in you, the hope of glory. |
