Apostolic Imagination by J. D. Payne

Author:J. D. Payne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mission;Mission of the church;Missions—History—Early church (ca 30–600);REL045000;REL109000
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2021-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

Preacher of the Gospel (1 Cor. 15:1–11)

Toward the conclusion of his First Letter to the Corinthians, Paul draws attention to his apostleship and Christ’s appearance to him as one “untimely born” among the apostles (1 Cor. 15:8). Some were doubting the bodily resurrection of Jesus, so Paul sets the record straight. He brought them a specific message of good news. Paul had personally experienced a transformation by the resurrected Christ and had to communicate the evangel to them. Being an apostle meant that his self-understanding involved embracing and communicating matters of “first importance” (1 Cor. 15:3). The apostle was a preacher. He identified himself as heralding the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy that the Messiah was to die for sins and be resurrected (1 Cor. 15:4). Paul recognized and identified with a long heritage of God’s messengers. His priority on preaching also corresponds with his other writings and those of Luke (Acts 6:2, 4; 18:5; 20:20–21; 1 Thess. 1:5; 2:8–9).

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