EASTER SUNDAY
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
1 Corinthians 15:1-58
Notes on the sermon (March 23, 2008)
given by Pastor Carl Broggi
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Intro: The death, burial and resurrection of Christ has effected everyone that’s ever lived, lives, and will live.
I. The Resurrection is An Irrefutable Fact of History.
A. There is the personal proof. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
B. There is Biblical proof. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
C. There is visible proof. 1 Corinthians 15:5-6 and that he appeared to Peter,and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. (fallen asleep: the body in death) 1 Corinthians 15:7-11
II. The Resurrection is An Indispensable Fact of Theology.
A. If Christ is not raised then preaching is profitless. 1 Corinthians 15:12-14
B. If Christ is not raised then faith is foolish. 1 Corinthians 15:14 and Romans 1:4
C. If Christ is not raised then the disciples are deceivers. 1 Corinthians 15:15 and Acts 4:33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.
D. If Christ is not raised then sin is sovereign. 1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
E. If there is no resurrection, then death has dominion. 1 Corinthians 15:18-19
III. The Resurrection is An Implicating Fact of practice.
A. The resurrection implicates your evangelism. 1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
B. The resurrection implicates your mortality. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Acts 24:15 And I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. 1 Corinthians 15:23-31
C. The resurrection implicates your sanctification. 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." 1 Corinthians 15:33-34 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God-I say this to your shame.
D. The resurrection implicates your burial. 1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" 1 Corinthians 15:36-58
Personal:
There is a part in me that never dies - Christ in me.
If I have a natural body, I also have a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 15:44
I’m sown in sin but will be raised in glory and victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54