Hope and triumph for the Christain

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1 Corinthians 15:1–34 (KJV 1900)

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet 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 which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

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12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?

why are they then baptized for the dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

TEXT 1 Cor. 15:12

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

INTRO; Resurrection Sunday is not about the Easter eggs or the cadberry bunny or baskets filled with candy.

But about the lamb Of God that takes away the sins of the whole world!

I. THE RESURRECTION IS THE HOPE & TRIUMPH OF EVERY CHRISTIAN.

II. THE RESURRECTION IS THE COMPENSATION (pay day)

A. For all the pain, Both physical and mental, which you’ve endured.

B. For all the heartache

C. For every disappointment you have experienced in the short days we are here on earth.

III. 1 CORINTHIAN 15 Paul ARGUES FOR—

THE TOTAL TRIUMPH OF EVERY CHRISTIAN THROUGH THE RESURRECTION.

A. This letter is addressed to the Church in general. But was sent to Corinth.

B. Why? Because their was some Jews who didn’t believe in the resurrection. (Sadducee's)

Our text say’s

“How say some of you that there is no resurrection from the dead?” (v. 12).

IV. THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL GIVES US PROOF POSITIVE.

A. The resurrection is the proof of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true (vv. 1, 2).

The Proof is in the tasting,When applied the gospel it saves and changes men

B. We must Believe the Gospel and its effect (vv. 1, 2).

C. Paul’s; Appeal here is thru the power of that Gospel (v. 1)

1. Gospel preached.

2. Gospel proclaimed.

3. You have received salvation by the Gospel.Proof!

a. Christ died for our sins—according to the Scripture (old and new)

b. That He was buried—according to the Scripture (old and new)

c. He rose again the third day—according to the Scripture ( old and new)

Why did christ die and have to be risen again?

V. THE AUTHORITY OF OLD TESTAMENT.

Genesis 3:1–5 sin enters into man and satin's Lie’s

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

2 And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

3 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

4 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

5 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

B. VICTORY FORETOLD—

The day of Victory for Christ and all that are Christ’s

Psalm 22:1-5 Psalm of David Begins with

1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;

And in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in thee:

They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:

They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

And ends with

28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s:

And he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:

All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him:

And none can keep alive his own soul.

30 A seed shall serve him;

It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness

Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

C. Both the suffering and the triumph of Christ also foretold In;

Isaiah 53

Who hath believed our report?

And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,

And as a root out of a dry ground:

He hath no form nor comeliness;

And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men;

A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:

And we hid as it were our faces from him;

He was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he hath borne our griefs,

And carried our sorrows:

Yet we did esteem him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities:

The chastisement of our peace was upon him;

And with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned every one to his own way;

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

Yet he opened not his mouth:

He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,

So he openeth not his mouth.

He was taken from prison and from judgment:

And who shall declare his generation?

For he was cut off out of the land of the living:

For the transgression of my people was he stricken.

And he made his grave with the wicked,

And with the rich in his death;

Because he had done no violence,

Neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:

When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,

He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,

And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:

By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;

For he shall bear their iniquities.

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,

And he shall divide the spoil with the strong;

Because he hath poured out his soul unto death:

And he was numbered with the transgressors;

And he bare the sin of many,

And made intercession for the transgressors.

Then their is;

VI. THE LIVING PROOF OF THE RESURRECTION

These were all living witnesses of the resurrected Christ.They saw him and testified to the fact that he was risen from the dead

A. Peter (Cephas)

B. The women

C. The twelve

D. Above five hundred at one time

E. James

F. Paul, last of all.

VII. FINALLY, COMMON SINCE AFFIRMS THE RESURRECTION (Verses 12–34).

#1 The NEGATIVE ARGUMENT

A. If Christ be not raised

B. The whole Christian faith and experience is Void

C. Our faith is in vain (No Reward)

1. IF Our sins remain,

“Ye are yet in your sins.”

D. All is lost

1. Hope is gone

2. Christ’s promises are lost, Lies

3. The Christian faith and experience is False

4. Those fallen asleep (dead) in Christ are perished

5. We are of all men most miserable

( No Hope)

6. However, none of these Arguments are true. They are all false Because of

V 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. (dead)

POSITIVE ARGUMENT

A. Christ is risen from the dead (v. 20).

B. He is the first fruits of them that sleep

Lev. 23:9-14 First fruit

9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a †sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (Sunday)

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.( communion)

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

C. Through the first Adam all die, But in the last Adam (Christ the quickening spirit) all are made alive (v. 22).

VIII. THE PROCESS—THE ORDER (Verses 21–25).

A. Every man in his own order (v. 23).

B. Christ the first fruit.

C. Afterward they that are Christ’s.

D. Then cometh the end—when He shall deliver up the kingdom to God (v. 24).

E. Christ is risen (v. 20).

F. Christ reigns (v. 25).

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

CON: The final victory over death.

1 Corinthians 15:50–57

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

A. This corruptible shall put on incorruption

B. This mortal shall put on immortality

C. Death is swallowed up in victory.

D. The grave is defeated

E. We will give Eternal praise ,

“Thanks be unto God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thessalonians 4:13-18

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.