The Need for the Resurrection (2)

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INTRODUCTION.
1 Corinthians 15:12–19 LSB
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
MESSAGE.

Your Witness is Worthless.

1 Corinthians 15:14 LSB
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.
Our Preaching -
Official announcement //
a public declaration, something proclaimed aloud.
Vain.
being without / empty
pertaining to being devoid of intellectual, moral, or spiritual value / empty.
The Gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4 LSB
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Testimony.
1 Corinthians 15:15–16 LSB
15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
False Witness
False testimony about God.
Our public declaration.
Baptism
Died with Christ
Raised to walk in a new life.
Blah Blah Blah . . . (If NO Resurrection).
1 Corinthians 15:16 LSB
16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

Your Faith is Worthless.

1 Corinthians 15:17 LSB
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
Faith.
the state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted.
What you believe.
Salvation through the Gospel.
You have not been changed.
2 corinthians 5:15-19.
2 Corinthians 5:15–19 LSB
15 And He died for all, so that they who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their transgressions against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
You are still in our sins.
1 Corinthians 15:17 LSB
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
No newness of life with out resurrection.
romans 6:4.
Romans 6:4 LSB
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
You are still dead.
1 Corinthians 15:18 LSB
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Christ’s resurrection defeated the grave.
2 timothy 1:10.
2 Timothy 1:10 LSB
10 but now has been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

Your Hope is Worthless.

We hope in a Bible that is a Lie.
We are to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:19 LSB
19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
Because we hope in Christ return - who can not return if He did rise from the grave and ascend to heaven.
john 14:1-3.
John 14:1–3 LSB
1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Because we hope and look forward to being resurrected with Christ.
1 thessalonians 4:13-18.
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 LSB
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
CONCLUSION.
The Need for the Resurrection.
We can boldly proclaim the Gospel.
Our faith can carry us.
We can have hope.
Hope in the Resurrection in the last day.
revelation 21:1-5.
Revelation 21:1–5 LSB
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. The first things passed away.” 5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
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