Daily Walk Through the New Testament
December 3
Read 1 Corinthians 14:26-15:11

After encouraging an orderly manner of teaching God’s Word and utilizing spiritual gifts (14:26-40), Paul moved on to discuss the core truths of the church: “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (15:3-4). The cross & the resurrection of Jesus are the central themes of our Christian message! It is the truth by which we are saved and upon which we stand (15:1-2).
Fortunately, the message of the cross is not subject to the changing moods of culture, which come and go with the seasons. Instead, the gospel, revealed in the written Word of God, needs no editorial adaptation from generation to generation and will never be shaken by the ebb & flow of popular opinion. Paul received the good news as it was and passed it on to others “according to the Scriptures” (15:4). Thank God the Gospel does not change!
A woman who was getting older and forgetful once asked her grandson to help her find a Sears catalog — not from the current time, but from 30 years earlier. She wanted something that the store no longer carried, and she wanted to pay the prices from decades ago. In her confusion, she mistakenly assumed that the old catalogs, like her memories, were frozen in time. Of course, it doesn’t work that way in our earthly economy, but in a way, it does work that way in God’s. You see, the price for our sin was set long ago, a price we could never pay on our own, and the glorious truth is that it has already been paid! The unchanging truth of the gospel is that all we have to do is accept the free gift Jesus offers. Hold fast to God’s unchanging truth today!