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Corinth was a Greek City.
Greeks did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
When Paul preached at Athens and declared the fact of Christ’s, some of those there ridiculed or laughed at him
So this attitude has invaded the church at Corinth and Paul faces it head-on.
It would be much the same today if we were to ask you as an individual
What do you believe about the resurrection of the dead?
The answer to this question is key to our faith.
Do you believe that those who trust in Jesus are in the presence of Jesus?
What do you believe happens to loved ones that have passed on before you that trusted Jesus?
The Corinthians did believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ but they did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
Paul presents 3 proofs
Proof #1: Their own salvation
I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you.
The word Gospel means good news.
The good news is listed below in verse 3 that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, was buried and was raised.
Jesus came to heal our brokenness and the punishment that we deserved, Jesus took.
Paul says to the church at Corinth I want to clarify this good news.
He says this good news is true because you recieved it and you have taken your stand on it.
You are proof number one.
You received this good news and you have taken your stand on this good news.
There is so much power in the Gospel.
Reflect for just a second on
What has the Gospel has done in your life?
In this room, their are so many radical life changes.
You see before the Gospel in this room exist God haters, slanderers, addicts, full on rebellious hearts, drunks and partakers in sexual immorality just to name a few.
When the good news of Jesus (the Gospel) me these people in this room, it all started to change.
Only Gospel can take a drunk who roles over on a remote and turns on the Christian tv channel and through this begins to change a life.
Only the Gospel can take a drunk sailer who had divorced his wife and make him a sober husband to remarry his wife.
It’s the Gospel that changes.
It’s the good news of Jesus Christ that works to transform lives.
Paul reminds them that they have recieved this Gospel and it is this Gospel that they have taken their stand on.
The church at Corinth had recieved the Gospel been saved by it and taken their stand on it.
Unless you believed for no purpose.
Proof #2: The Old Testament Scriptures
I passed on to you as most important what I also received:
The Gospel is the most important message the church ever proclaims.
In a world where the church is full of motivational messages that strive to better yourself.
Paul says the message of the Gospel is the most important message.
This message that Jesus died for our sins!!
That Christ died for our sins
Many people were crucified by the Romans, but only one “victim” ever died for the sins of the world.
Jesus who knew no sin died for our sins.
Jesus was the perfect lamb of God that was sacrificed for the penalty for all our sin.
According to Scriptures
Paul is referring to Old Testament scriptures that point to the death of Jesus.
That he was buried, that he was raised
The fact that Jesus was buried is here mentioned and also mentioned in all four Gospels.
This again backs up that Jesus died for our sins.
They buried him.
The tomb or the grave was filled with the Body of Jesus
On the third day Jesus was raised
The tomb is empty
He was raised (egēgertai) is passive, which puts stress (as usually in the New Testament) on the activity of the Father in raising the Son (cf.
v. 15).
And it is perfect, which points to the permanent state; it ‘sets forth with the utmost possible emphasis the abiding results of the event’ (Prolegomena, p. 137).
Christ continues in the character of the risen Lord.
The perfect tense is used in this way six more times in this chapter (vv.
12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20), and once only in all the rest of the New Testament.
According to scriptures
Over 500 years the book of Jonah pointed to Jesus being buried and raised on the third day!
Proof #3: Christ was seen by witnesses
Ask for Adam come up
Tell Adam the rules that they have to abide by.
I am going to give you something.
You can’t show it to anyone else.
After I give you this you have to go choose someone else and talk with them one on one and convince them that this is something that they should come up here for as well.
Alright so he convinced them to come up.
Imagine if we started this all over and in front of this whole group I took out a $1.00 and said here Adam go convince them to come up here and I will give them $1
It is so much easier for the person to come forward and get $1.00
Scripture tells us that he appeared to over 500 brothers at one time, most of them are still alive.
If only Adam knows for some reason it is a lot less believable but if everyone in the room knows then it is believable.
Notice it says this happened at one time.
So it was not a group of people saying yes it happened to me to.
This was all of them and most were still alive.
At the time of the writing of this letter, those who are reading it could go seek out those who are still alive and ask did Christ appear to you after he was raised.
Side note there is not to my knowledge in writings in history that deny this recording and writing here in Paul’s letter.
If this was not true there would have been a huge outcry against it.
There was not because it is true that he was risen and did appear.
Paul says he appeared to me
Paul was admittedly against Jesus.
His goal was to stomp out the Gospel and he had letters to go take out the church and followers of Jesus.
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