The Gospel According to Paul by MacArthur, John F. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Things of First Importance

No Other Gospel An Abbreviated Biography of Paul Matters of First Importance “The Gospel Which I Preached to You” The Problem in Corinth Atonement Burial Resurrection Proof

Chapter 2: First, the Bad News

The Universal Guilty Verdict Proof from the Old Testament The Arraignment The Indictment The Verdict

Chapter 3: How Can a Person Be Right with God?

Job’s Perplexity The Human Dilemma Who Then Can Be Saved? No Merit of My Own

Chapter 4: Sola Fide

“Not by Works of Righteousness” Just by Faith Justification Demonstrates God’s Righteousness Justification Magnifies God’s Grace Justification Vindicates God’s Justice Justification Upholds God’s Law

Chapter 5: The Great Exchange

The Offense of the Cross A Key Passage on Penal Substitution The Will of God The Word of Reconciliation The Work of Christ The Way of Salvation

Chapter 6: Alive Together with Christ

We Have Been Resurrected from Death We Have Been Resurrected by Grace We Have Been Resurrected through Faith We Have Been Resurrected with a Purpose We Have Been Resurrected for Good Works

Chapter 7: The Lessons of Grace

Legalism: The Folly of Pharisaism Antinomianism: The Dominant Error of the Present Age Grace and Law Are Not Adversaries Grace and Good Works A Lesson from the Past: Salvation Came through Grace, Not Law A Lesson for the Present: Grace Inspires Zeal, Not Apathy A Lesson About the Future: We Can Live in Hope, Not Fear

Epilogue: Paul’s Testimony Acknowledgments Appendix 1: In Defense of Substitutionary Atonement

The Quest for a Manageable Deity Redefining the Atonement Socinianism Redux The Biblical Doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement The Battle for the Atonement Evangelicalism? Hardly

Appendix 2: Christ Died for God

Christ’s Death Was a Sacrifice to God Christ’s Death Was a Submission to God Christ’s Death Was a Substitution Offered to God Christ’s Death Was a Satisfaction to God Christ’s Death Was Our Salvation to God Christ’s Death Was the Means of Our Sonship with God

Appendix 3: The Reason for Everything Appendix 4: Paul’s Glorious Gospel: Adapted from Sermons by C. H. Spurgeon

The Savior The Sinner The Salvation The Saying

Glossary Notes Index Scripture Index About the Author