Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for April 4, 2021

Easter Message

Of First Importance

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

-Because the content of the gospel is timelessly consequential, share in the triumph of its conquest.

1. The Gospel Demands Tenacious Trust 1-2

• reminder: gospel I gospelized
• reception and reliance
• no careless contemplation

2. The Gospel Transmits Timeless Truth 3-7

• delivered…received
• died, buried, RAISED, appeared…
• caravan of witnesses
• for our sins
• in accordance with the Scriptures

3. The Gospel Transforms Tainted Travelers 8-11

• life for a “wretched specimen”
• undeserved/unmerited favor of God
• opposed to earning and not to effort
• good news to celebrate

4. So What?

• “While passing through this world of sin…” (McKinney)
• “Either this man was, and is the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.” (Lewis)
• Remember that “the corner has been turned.”