What did the Apostle Paul mean when he wrote that Christ died for our sins? How is the gospel profound and at the same time simple? What exactly is the gospel?

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In this video interview, John MacArthur (@johnmacarthur) talks about his book, The Gospel According to Paul: Embracing the Good News at the Heart of Paul’s Teaching (Thomas Nelson, 2017).

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John MacArthur’s references to the Bible in his answers:

• The Gospel of Matthew
• The Gospel of Mark
• The Gospel of Luke
• The Gospel of John
• Galatians 1:6-10 (let him be damned)
• Acts 5:34-39 (Gamaliel)
• Acts 22:3 (studied under Gamaliel)
• Philippians 3:2-6 (Pharisee of the Pharisees)
• Acts 9 (Paul’s conversion on the Damascus Road)
• 1 Corinthians 1-5 (the gospel is according to the Scriptures)
• Psalm 22
• Isaiah 53
• Psalm 16
• 1 Corinthians 15
• Romans 3:25 (propitiation)
• 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (resurrected Jesus appeared to 500)
• 1 Corinthians 15:22 (in Adam all die)
• Romans 6:23 (wages of sin is death)
• Romans 3:23 (all have sinned)
• Romans 3:10 (none righteous)
• Job 9:2 (how can a person be right with God)
• Isaiah 64:6 (our righteousness is like filthy rags)
• Romans 3 (the glory of the gospel)
• Romans 2 (the law is written in every person’s heart)

Read The Letters of Paul on Bible Gateway

• Romans
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians
• Philippians
• Colossians
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon

Bio: John MacArthur has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, since 1969. His ministry of expository preaching is unparalleled in its breadth and influence; in more than four decades of ministry from the same pulpit, he has preached verse by verse through the entire New Testament (and several key sections of the Old Testament). He is president of the Master’s University and Seminary and can be heard daily on the Grace to You radio broadcast (carried on hundreds of radio stations worldwide). He has authored a number of bestselling books, including The MacArthur Study Bible, The Gospel According to Jesus, Twelve Ordinary Men, and One Perfect Life. For more details about John MacArthur and his Bible-teaching resources, visit gty.org.

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