1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. … 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. —I Corinthians 15:1-8, 42-57

There is no such thing as an

I. Sinner Saint I Corinthians 15:1-8

• A. Our Standing 15:1
  
  1. Reminder of the Gospel
  2. Our identity because of the Gospel
• B. Our ongoing process 15:2-8
  
  1. Established by Christ’s death 15:2-4
  2. Guaranteed by Christ’s resurrection 15:5-8

Our status before God is not a matter of

II. Death Life I Corinthians 15:42-58

• A. Perishable Imperishable 15:42-49
  
  1. A lesson from nature 15:35-41
  2. A lesson from history 15:42-49
• B. Mortal body Immortal Body 15:50-57
  
  1. The limitation of the mortal 15:50
  2. The immortality that has been secured 15:51-57
     a. The change that is coming 15:51-52
     b. The victory that is ours 15:53-57

What makes our salvation so extraordinary is not so much what we have been

There are no Small Group questions this week. We pray that you will spend time celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

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