The Apostolic Connection (TV broadcast) About 53 minutes

Celebrate The Gospel

Pastor Erickson preaches on Resurrection Sunday from Mark 16, saying the gospel is the good news of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that believing it is the first step to salvation but not the last. He calls people to believe that Jesus is alive, then repent, be baptized in Jesus name and receive the Holy Ghost, as Peter preached in Acts 2:38.

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The message in 6 points

  1. Go and preach the gospel

    He reads Mark 16:15, where Jesus sends his disciples to preach the gospel to every creature. After celebrating the resurrection that morning, he wants to celebrate the gospel itself.

    1:43
  2. What the gospel is

    The gospel is the good news of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the power of God unto salvation. Believing is the first step to salvation but not the final one, and John 3:16 is about believing that he rose from the dead.

    3:44
  3. Believe first, then ask what to do

    In Acts 2 Peter preached the death, burial and resurrection before telling anyone how to be saved, and only answered when they were pricked in their hearts. Real repentance means turning from the old life, not just adding numbers to a tally sheet.

    11:30
  4. The enemy tries to disprove the resurrection

    In Matthew 28 the rulers paid the soldiers to say the body was stolen, and people still look for Jesus' bones today. The devil does not mind a man's life, death or burial, but he hates the resurrection and the power of the Holy Ghost in the church.

    18:35
  5. Signs follow those who believe he is alive

    Reading all of Mark 16, he says verse 16 is about believing Jesus is risen, and signs follow those who believe. Using the seed and the plant from 1 Corinthians 15, he says what goes down in baptism is not what comes up.

    25:46
  6. Repent, be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost

    Peter told every one of them to repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Ghost, and the book of Acts is still alive today. He calls people to die out to the old man in repentance, bury it in baptism and rise with the power of the Holy Ghost.

    38:01

In his words

“The gospel believed is not salvation received. However, before salvation comes, you got to believe the gospel.”

13:11

“They're wasting their time, because they're not going to find the bones of Jesus, because you can't find the bones of a resurrected man.”

23:03

“What goes down is not what comes up. What goes down is dead, what goes down looks nothing more than a seed, but when you come up out, you're raised to newness of life, you're resurrected by the power of God.”

35:54

Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.

Scripture

He reads

Mark 16:1-20

1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. 9Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 12After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. 14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

King James Version.

Romans 1:16

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

King James Version.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

King James Version.

Romans 10:9

9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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Romans 10:14

14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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John 3:16

16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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1 Corinthians 15:13-14

13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

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1 Corinthians 15:18-20

18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

King James Version.

Acts 2:38-41

38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. 40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

King James Version.

Acts 2:36-37

36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

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Matthew 28:12-17

12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. 16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

King James Version.

Romans 8:11

11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

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1 Corinthians 15:35-38

35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

King James Version.

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