"If A Resurrection, Then What?"
Easter 2017 • Sermon • Submitted
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· 9 viewsWhat it comes down to is this. If I say I am important or can do something, then I will be able to prove it outside of my words. There are a lot of if and then statements in this world. But to me the biggest if/then statement that will ever have to be answered is centered around the question, why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ such a big deal?
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But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1. We are forgiven _of our sins_
1. We are forgiven _of our sins_
1. We are forgiven of our sins
1. We are forgiven of our sins
1. We are forgiven of our sins
1. We are forgiven of our sins
1st cor
2. Our faith _is not useless_
2. Our faith _is not useless_
3. Then what was preached _is true_
3. Then what was preached _is true_
4. We are to be envied _not pitied_
4. We are to be envied _not pitied_
5. Those who have fallen asleep _are alive_
5. Those who have fallen asleep _are alive_