3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. —1 Corinthians 15:3-22
That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
—Romans 10:9
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” —John 11:25-26
Christ arose that we might ….
- LIVE IN HIM
1 Corinthians 15:22
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Acts 17:28
28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’
- LIVE LIKE HIM
- LIVE FOR HIM
And He died for all, that all those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. —2 Corinthians 5:15
20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. —2 Corinthians 5:20
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. —Phil. 1:21
LIVE WITH HIM.
In my father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you. I go and prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am you may be also.
Christ Arose that we might live in Him, live like Him, live for Him, and live with Him. —John 14:2-3
I am he that liveth and was dead and
behold I am alive for evermore and have the keys of hell and of death. —Rev. 1:18