When the “good news” was shared with the non-Jewish world, what did Christians share?
• Paul in writing to people who were not Jews declared the “good news” he preached to non-Jews. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4– Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… (The New American Standard Bible, 1995 Update, La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation, 1996.) • This was the good news that he preached to them, that they accepted, that enabled them to spiritually stand, that saved them. • This is the good news: Christ died for our sins; he was buried; three days later he was raised from the dead. • Please notice the good news is centered in the Christ. • To another group of Christians
