Gospel Terms - "Christ"

I often hear as a rebuttal to the gospel being about the Kingdom of God and the King of that Kingdom, Jesus the Messiah dying so that man might enter that Kingdom words that echo Paul's thoughts in I Corinthians 15:1-4:

"Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures"

So from these verses people will reason that the gospel is about the death and resurrection of Jesus. Well, the gospel does contain that information...but that is not even what Paul has said here. Paul is not pointing out that a man named "Jesus" died for the sins of others - in fact, he doesn't even cite Jesus' name.

What Paul delivered as of first importance (which by the way implies there are other things also) was the CHRIST did these things. The Messiah did these things. The King of the Kingdom did these things...so even in I Corinthians 15's quick summary, Kingdom principles are evident.

It is not wise to assume that this is the summation of all Paul would preach as gospel when speaking to his hearers. Paul is leaving a lot out here that we know he preaches in other places.

Can you think of any?

How about "WHY" the Christ died for sins....that information on its own seems odd or misplaced. Paul spoke on that as we know from Acts and Romans for example.

Paul was an apostle of Christ commissioned to preach the gospel to the Gentiles by the Messiah. He would not have been speaking a message that Jesus had not commissioned him to speak, nor that Jesus would not have originated himself.

So aside from the question I've asked above, what is Paul saying when he says these things I Cor 15:1-4?

For more information on the Christ, check out the article: "King of the Kingdom"