Devotional Verses From Paul's First Letter to The Corinthians
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how 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:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
     In this passage Paul declares (announces, makes clear, proclaims) again the message of good news (the gospel) he has already given to the Corinthians. It is as though he says remember I told you the scriptures had declared a savior would come to die and give life to those who believe in Him. That is, of course, what the Lord Jesus did at Calvary on the cross. God proved that Jesus was who He said He was, and did what He said He would do by raising Him out of the dead. Now that, in summary, is the gospel of Christ as Paul preached it, and preachers who call themselves Christians of whatever denomination should preach it to! It is a straightforward story, but this is what some hearers or readers miss: those who stand in that gospel by faith, Paul says of them "By which also ye are saved..." (v. 2). By trusting in Jesus by believing the gospel message a person is actually and literally saved from sin and death. Every preacher everywhere should be proclaiming that message, joyfully sharing that good news: You can be saved. Jesus will save you. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31). The word saved is not out of fashion, and neither is the truth it represents. Forget the intellectualism, the denominationalism, and be like Charles Haddon Spurgeon who said, "I take my text anywhere in the Bible, and I make a beeline for the cross."