1 Cor 15:1-4
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
NKJV
That Christ died FOR OUR SINS.
It is not what man does. It is all about what Christ did. He died to pay for the sins of ALL MANKIND. The gospel is simple. It is not what man does to save him/her self. It is ALL about what Jesus (GOD) did on the cross.
But like the Jews who rejected Jesus as their Messiah and King, if a person does not believe (have faith in) that Jesus has paid for their sins then that person can not claim what He did on the cross for them. They, like the Jews, reject His work on the cross and wish to substitute their own works. Just as Cain did.
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
NKJV
That Christ died FOR OUR SINS.
It is not what man does. It is all about what Christ did. He died to pay for the sins of ALL MANKIND. The gospel is simple. It is not what man does to save him/her self. It is ALL about what Jesus (GOD) did on the cross.
But like the Jews who rejected Jesus as their Messiah and King, if a person does not believe (have faith in) that Jesus has paid for their sins then that person can not claim what He did on the cross for them. They, like the Jews, reject His work on the cross and wish to substitute their own works. Just as Cain did.