For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 15: 3-4

Jesus saves sinners. We need that first and foremost. Sin is the wall that keeps us in confusion and guilty conscience and away from peace and fulfillment. Jesus is the only solution. This is the matter of first importance: that Jesus came and fulfilled Scriptures and saved us in exactly the manner foretold.

Everything we do as believers flows out from this starting point.

Ethan Kirl