(1Co 15:2) “By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.”  One of the aspects, or results of salvation, is a resting (peace) in God’s promise of a resurrection. Though one cannot lose everlasting life (1Co_3:15  If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.), one can rob self of peace of soul.

(1Co 15:1) “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;”    “Wherein ye stand”: to stand speaks of stability, to abide, to be established. You and I cannot and need not to add to our position as “saved”, “children of God”. To think that way is to imply Jesus was not enough. He is and always will be enough to save your sinful soul!

(1Co 15:1) “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;”   “Which ye also received”: it is not enough to hear and believe; one must take and embrace it. Seeing the heart’s desire, the Lord honors it by giving forth the Gift of Everlasting life. That new life changes a person: (2Co_5:17) “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Have you been changed?

(1Co 15:1) “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;”   In order for the gospel to be truly “received”, it must be understood. No one could fulfill the standard (law) of perfection earning heaven. Jesus lived that sinless life and then offered it up in torture and death for you. God honored that bringing Him back to life, eternal life. Now He gives the eternal life earned by Christ to those whose hearts condemn them and ask forgiveness desiring to life as God wants us to live. He then bestows upon them the gift of everlasting life.

(1Co 15:1) “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;”  So often today the saved wrongly make the assumption that others have heard the gospel. If they go to church, surely they have heard it. Not so. I am afraid that to most, if you believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and try to live the best you can, then you are saved. That is not…..the gospel (to be continued).

(1Co 15:1) “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;”  Notice the progression: the gospel was given; it was received (its truths: embraced); and now the heart positionally is rested upon it.

(1Co 14:40) “Let all things be done decently and in order.”  Decently: from the word decorously. Remember, the focus of worship is not self or self’s pleasure. So, it is not speaking of pleasing the person sitting in the pew. It is speaking of pleasing our God and Savior – decently.

 (1Co 14:39) “Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.”  This chapter taught us that prophecy was the Holy Spirit’s instrument to speak to the saved, to teach them. It was needed, for there was no complete revelation, the New Testament. Now we have the complete Word of God. There is no new revelation. Therefore the gift of prophecy has ceased.

(1Co 14:39) “Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.”  Why not forbid the use of tongues? Answer: The Holy Spirit might be prompting because of a lost person present in the assembly needing to hear. But remember, this chapter revealed the gift was the Spirit’s instrument to speak to the lost, not the saved. Prophecy was for ministering to the saved.

(1Co 14:37) “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. (38) But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”  Saved man has not changed. There have always been those who refuse the teaching of the Word of God, desiring what they want more than obedience to Him. “Such”, the Holy Spirit says, “are willfully ignorant”.