For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received…
1 corinthians 15:3
Many of the Corinthian believers were standing and holding fast to the gospel. But some were abandoning the faith they once professed.
The world is always inventing new words to describe old sins. One word you might be familiar with is the word deconstructing. We hear about people deconstructing their faith. They have concluded that the faith they once professed is merely a human construct—that it was put together by the apostles and the early church. They hold that it morphed over the centuries and now needs to be taken down like an old bridge that has become unsafe.
Here is the warning from these verses: A deconstructed faith won’t redeem you from your past sins. A deconstructed faith won’t give you strength for your present calling. A deconstructed faith will not save you.
Paul wants us to know that the gospel is not a human construct. It is something that he himself received from God: “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received” (15:3). God has revealed it to the prophets and apostles, and you will be blessed, like Paul, if you receive it and continue in it.
There is hope in Jesus for all who receive and continue in the gospel. God’s Word says, “We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end” (Heb. 3:14). Jesus Himself says, “The one who endures to the end will be saved” (Mat. 24:13).
Have you been urged to “deconstruct” your faith? Hold onto Jesus’ promise that those who endure to the end will be saved.
