Sermon Tone Analysis

Victorious

Derived from the root Greek word νικάω (nikaō)

Which means prevail, conquer or overcome

Prevail from your difficulties

Conquer your temptations

Overcome your weaknesses

It was used 18 times in the NIV translation and most of it is in the Book of Revelation

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Opening

Around 60 years after the resurrection of Christ from the grave, and His ascension to heaven, Apostle John, the son of Zebedee, the only apostle who didn’t die violently, and the last who died peacefully, was exiled to the island of Patmos at that time.

He had a vision of Christ and wrote letters to the seven churches in the Roman Province of Asia who found themselves in varying situations such as:

Church in Ephesus have forsaken the love they had at first;

c resurrection from the grave and ascension to heaven

Church in Smyrna suffered affliction & poverty;

Church in Pergamum compromised with paganism, which goes back to the days of Balaam;

Church in Thyatira was misled by the teaching of Jezebel that led them to sexual immorality & eating food sacrificed to idols;

Church in Sardis was sleepy despite having a reputation of being alive;

Church in Philadelphia were envied by the local jews and they are critical to the church;

The Church in Laodicea were lukewarm.

But to those who are “Victorious” among them despite their circumstances, Jesus said:

But wait!.. Who will be willing to serve a “dead” master?

In my growing up years, I witnessed how my father had so much people serving him in many and different ways.

As a public servant, he served as Mayor of our hometown for 12 years from 1959-1971.

He was still in his prime, so he decided to go back to active politics in 1987 after 16 long years of hybernation.

While gearing for another scene in the stage of politics, this time to vie for the vice-gubernatorial seat in our home Province of Isabela, he was assassinated in the process.

His body could only absorb so much, but wasn’t able to endure 21 fatal bullet wounds in different parts of his head & body.

Thousands of people mourned and sympathized with us from the viewing until the very long last march to bring him to his earthly body’s resting place.

Not very long after that, I saw how the number of people who used to serve him gradually diminished until there were only a handful who remained loyal to serve those who survived my father including myself.

I guess, it doesn’t make sense for many of them to stay and serve a “dead master”.

Today, I will defend 3 things by the help of the Holy Spirit

That Jesus is Alive

That Resurrection is Real

That our Service to the Lord is not in vain

Open your Bible to

After addressing problems regarding their worship practices (11:2–14:40),

Paul continues by addressing reports about the Corinthians’ beliefs.

In this chapter, he focuses on the issue of resurrection.

He begins by affirming the resurrection of Christ and then discusses the future hope of bodily resurrection and glorification for all followers of Christ

The people of the church in Corinth are not just mostly rich, but also wise and intelligent.

And their intelligence, head knowledge, logical thinking made them doubt the “resurrection”.

The people of the church in Corinth are wise and intelligent.

And their intelligence, head knowledge, logical thinking made them doubt the “resurrection”.

In Paul quoted to them what Isaiah wrote some 730 years before when the Lord said according to

Jesus is Alive!

If you go back a little bit to v. 20, Paul claimed that Jesus is the “first fruit” of those who have fallen asleep

In v. 22, and to those believers who will die thereafter will be made alive in Christ.

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Jesus is the first fruit of a new humanity glorified by God

Resurrection is Real!

And in our text today, Paul argues for the certainty of our own bodily resurrection

And that our bodies will be spiritually refitted for heavenly existence

1 Corinthians 15;35-49

After addressing problems regarding their worship practices (11:2–14:40), Paul continues by addressing reports about the Corinthians’ beliefs.

In this chapter, he focuses on the issue of resurrection.

He begins by affirming the resurrection of Christ and then discusses the future hope of bodily resurrection and glorification for all followers of Christ

After addressing problems regarding their worship practices (11:2–14:40), Paul continues by addressing reports about the Corinthians’ beliefs.

In this chapter, he focuses on the issue of resurrection.

He begins by affirming the resurrection of Christ and then discusses the future hope of bodily resurrection and glorification for all followers of Christ

In the O.T., a fool is someone who rejects/ignore the idea of God

Paul takes an example from nature to show the Corinthians that life can come from death

Illustration using a Plant and a Seed

Glorified Bodies

Paul contrast heavenly bodies with earthly bodies

That the body of the resurrected believers will be distinctly different

Earthly bodies rot and decay while heavenly ones do not

Paul uses example from nature to show transformation already takes place within creation

Jesus is the Life-giving Spirit

The Spirit gave life to the flesh

But, that spirit died because of the ‘fall of man’

Jesus is the first fruit of a new humanity glorified by God

We became “spiritually dead”

Then Jesus became a life-giving spirit as a result of His resurrection

Illustration using inflatable “human doll”

Why do we have to die?

Because of sin

It’s

It’s our necessary gateway to resurrection

Inheritance of God’s kingdom will require a heavenly spiritual body like Christ

1 Corinthians 15:50

Illustration using inflatable “human doll”

He implied that not all believers will die before Jesus returns

He echoed what Isaiah prophesied 750 years before in

Quoted

He quoted the victory according to

And the victory was through the Lord Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 15:51-

“Rapture”

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

He implied that not all believers will die before Jesus returns

And those living on the day of Jesus returns “will be changed”

Our Service to the Lord is Not in Vain

1 Corinthians 15:54-58

He echoed what Isaiah prophesied in 750 years before

He quoted

And our victory was through the Lord Jesus Christ

We have the victory

Our Master is alive

Our Service to the Lord is Not in Vain

So with our victory through Christ let us

With His victory, our Service to the Lord is not in vain

Closing