{"id":1746,"date":"2015-04-05T23:25:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T03:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2015-04-05T23:25:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T03:25:29","slug":"the-news-of-first-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=1746","title":{"rendered":"The News of First Importance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Message by Rev. Harold Willis<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rec0405-113356.mp3\">rec0405-113356<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (NKJV)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b> <\/b> 1 \u00a0Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 \u00a0by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you&#8211;unless you believed in vain. 3 \u00a0For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 \u00a0and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 10:11 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>John 12:23-24 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But Jesus answered them, saying, <span class=\"JesusWords\">&#8220;The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>John 15:13 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one&#8217;s life for his friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Galatians 3:13 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, <i>&#8220;Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree&#8221;<\/i>),<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Romans 1:4 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<i>and<\/i> declared <i>to be<\/i> the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Romans 4:25 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Romans 10:4 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For Christ <i>is<\/i> the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1 Corinthians 15:17-20 (NKJV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And if Christ is not risen, your faith <i>is<\/i> futile; you are still in your sins!<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. <span class=\"ind\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But now Christ is risen from the dead, <i>and<\/i> has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message by Rev. 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