My text this morning is found in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 you the gospel which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, by which you are received, in which you stand, by which you are saved if you hold it fast, unless you

believed in vain.

For I deliver to you as of first importance what I also received that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the thirdis, then to the 12.

Then he appeared to Kaeffis, then to the 12.

Then he appeared to more than 500 brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the Apostles.

Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

For I am the least of the Apostles, unfit to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain.

On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them,

though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

Whether then it was I or they, so we preach, couldn't read it and they were about to drink a bottle of iodine and your natural compassion and love of life oblige you to stop them.

Now to stop them without force, you need to persuade them of two things. First of all you need to persuade them that

iodine is poison and might kill them. And so you muster your arguments and you say, look, this mark here on the label means this stuff is poison.

This will hurt you. This is not made to drink, this is made for the skin.

Look, here are the instructions.

Take my word for it.

I've got experience with this.

I know I've got no reason to lie to you

and you build your case to try to persuade them

that they shouldn't go ahead and drink that iodine.

And you convince them. They're converted. They change their opinion,

and they adopt your view of things.

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