“STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT AN EASTER RESURRECTION”
I Corinthians 15
I. INTRODUCTION:
A. Easter doubts at Corinth just like there are, Easter
doubts today: v. 12
B. The facts about Christ’s death and resurrection: vv. 1-9
1. His death and resurrection:
2. Viewing His resurrection as “firstfruits”: vv. 20, 23
C. The pattern for the saved in the bodily resurrected
Christ: (I Jn. 3:2)
1. Traveling instantly and universally: (Acts 1:9, 11)
2. Invisible, visible: (Lk. 24:16; Jn. 20:19)
3. Tangible physical characteristics: (Jn. 20:24-29)
4. No physical limitations with time or space:
5. Unlimited knowledge of God and His Word:
6. Senses (tasting, seeing, touching, smelling, hearing):
(Lk. 24:30)
7. Timeless, sinless, perfection existence:
II. A BODILY RESURRECTION PROMISED TO ALL:
A. Understanding what happens to the body at the
moment of death: vv. 21-22
1. The “seemingly foolish” physical and temporal
breakdown: vv. 35-38
- Illustrating it with a “seed” suited for a temporal
body: - Viewing your “cemetery plot” as a “garden plot” for a
future eternal body:
B. Understanding what happens to the soul at the moment
of death: v. 22
1. The saved: (II Cor. 5:8)
2. The lost: (Lk. 16:19-31)
C. The physical body incorruptibly resurrected with an
eternal body: v. 42
1. The saved at the rapture: vv. 49, 51-57
(I Thes. 4:13-18)
2. The lost at the Great White Throne Judgment:
(Jn. 5:29; Rev. 20:11-15 – “cast into the lake of fire”)
(Mt. 8:12; 22:13; Mk. 9:42-48)
D. Viewing the resurrection, as the Gospel centerpiece:
vv. 1-2
III. PRINCIPLES TO PERSONALLY APPLY:
(Together becoming “people of the Word” in principle AND in practice)
A. Rejecting the resurrection, foolishly makes myself out to
be god.vv. 14b,32b
B. Embracing the resurrection with my confession, gives
me a sense of urgency for today. v. 58 (Rom. 10:9-10,
13; I Cor. 9:22; II Cor. 5:11)
C. Embracing the resurrection with my confession, centers
life’s temporal problems, with a sense of joy and
confident peace as I face tomorrow. (Rom. 10:9-10, 13:
I Jn. 5:13)
Sinners Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I was made by you and I was made for you,
but I have been living for myself. I am sorry for that self-rule
you call sin. I believe that Jesus Christ being my creator God,
died, was buried, and rose again
to pay the insurmountable debt that my sin has created since birth.
So right now, I am turning from a life of going my own way,
to by faith, place my trust in Jesus Christ, to pay the debt
of all my sin, and to get me to heaven, when I breath my last breath.
Lord Jesus, from today on, I am yours. Thanks for saving me,
this very moment, inJesus name, Amen.
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