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Easter
This is the greatest chapter on the resurrection in the Bible.
Text: 1 Corinthians 15
Proof of the resurrection (vss 1-11)
- The Gospel of the Resurrection was testified in the scriptures
- Eyewitness accounts of the resurrection
- Paul’s life turned around because of the resurrection
The proposition of no resurrection (vss 12-19)
- Some were saying no resurrection (2 Timothy 2:16-18) – Canker and cancer are similar words. A Christianity without a resurrection is like a cancer-ridden body.
- If no resurrection, everything we’re doing is a waste of time.
- If no resurrection, we are all liars.
- If no resurrection, we are in our sin.
- If no resurrection, all men die in their sins. Everyone you love died in their sin.
- If no resurrection, we are miserable for living lives based on a lie. Enduring sorrow for no reason. Having a pie-in-the-sky religion. And Karl Marx is right in saying, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people” In other words, faith in a risen savior is a fairy tale that helps people in hard times.
Christ is the resurrection (vss 20-28)
- But because the resurrection is no fairy tale.
- Because he lives, we can live.
- Resurrection in order
- The point is that death as the final enemy is destroyed by the resurrection. Some rise to life, and some rise to eternal punishment.
Practicality of the resurrection (vss 29-34)
- Symbol of baptism in light of the resurrection
- Sacrifice in light of the resurrection
- Sanctification in light of the resurrection
- Soul winning in light of the resurrection
Picture of the resurrection (vss 35-49)
- The seed that is planted (vss 35-44)
- Spiritual body from glory (vss 45-49)
Power of the resurrection (vss 50-58)
- It satisfies the need (vss 50-53)
- It defeats death and the grave (vss 54-57)
- It sets things in the right perspective and renders the flesh helpless against a spiritual look toward the resurrection (vs 58)
Easter
