We are a Gospel-Centered Church
Warrenton | Sam Byers
October 4, 2026
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
"Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word 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 in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures"
1. The Gospel is of ________ importance. (v3)
The Gospel isn’t just where the Christian life begins; it’s what the Christian life is built around.
The _________ comparison we should be making isn’t with others, it's with God.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
“Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins."
Ecclesiastes 7:29
“See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
All humanity shares a common problem: God is ________ and we are _________.
2. The Gospel is about __________. (vv3-4)
H.G. Wells said, "I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.”
"All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed,
all the parliaments that ever sat, and
all the kings that ever reigned
have not affected the life of man on the earth as much as that one solitary life.
"
Source: One Solitary Life
Jesus _______ sinned.
Jesus _________ obeyed God.
Jesus did all things __________.
Numbers 35:31
“you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.”
Psalm 49:7-9
“Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the pit."
3. The Gospel is the _________ of Scripture. (vv3-4)
Luke 24:27
“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
Luke 24:44-46
“Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead’”
Genesis 3:15
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
The message of the Bible in simplest terms is: God good. Sin bad. Jesus saves.
4. The Gospel requires a _________. (vv1-2)
Creation - ___________
Fall - ___________
Redemption - ___________
Response - ___________
Liar, Lunatic, Lord
All my boast is in Jesus.
All my hope is his love.
I and will glory forever
In what the cross has done